{"product_id":"maya-binyam-hangman-2023-hardback","title":"Maya Binyam: Hangman [2023] hardback","description":"'A gripping tale of homecoming and loss... ruthlessly honest and startlingly beautiful... profound and unforgettable' Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Daring, intellectually rich, and unsettlingly hilarious. We have a powerful new voice in Maya Binyam, one who knows how to make a story sing' Alexandra Kleeman, author of Something New Under the Sun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A subtle and peculiar novel about subtle and peculiar things - home, exile, injustice, family, return and life itself... a remarkable book' Keith Ridgway, author of A Shock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A strikingly masterful debut... a clean, sharp, piercing - and deeply political novel' Namwali Serpell, author of The Furrows\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e__________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA man returns home to sub-Saharan Africa after twenty-six years living in exile in America. When he arrives, he finds that he doesn't recognize the country, or anyone in it. Thankfully, someone at the airport knows him - a man who calls him brother. As they travel to this man's house, the purpose of his visit comes into focus: he is here to find his real brother, who is dying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHangman is his tragicomic journey through homecoming and loss. It is a hilarious and twisted odyssey, peopled by phantoms and tricksters, aid workers and taxi drivers, the relatives and riddles that lead this man along a circuitous path towards the truth. This is the strangley honest story of one man's search for refuge - in this world and the one that lies beyond it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn existential journey, a tragic farce, a slapstick tragedy: Hangman is the shockingly original debut novel about exile, diaspora and the search for Black refuge, from a thrilling new literary voice","brand":"Binyam, Maya","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":53306549403987,"sku":"XG81911590774","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":50064253911379,"sku":"XV81911590774","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":47785453388115,"sku":"9781911590774","price":22.1,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/binyam-maya-maya-binyam-hangman-2023-hardback-60647701905747.jpg?v=1774090991","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/maya-binyam-hangman-2023-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}