This classic novel tells the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man and his search for his dead palm-wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural and often terrifying beings – among them the complete gentleman who returns his body parts to their owners and the insatiable hungry-creature. Mixing Yoruba folktales with what T. S. Eliot described as a ‚creepy crawly imagination‘, The Palm-Wine Drinkard is regarded as the seminal work of African literature. ‚Brief, thronged, grisly and bewitching.‘ Dylan Thomas, Observer ‚Tutuola’s art conceals – or rather clothes – his purpose, as all good art must do.‘ Chinua Achebe
ISBN: 978-0-571-31153-8
