{"product_id":"bom-boy-paperback","title":"Bom Boy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYewande Omotoso\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Dublin Literary Award and Women's Prize for Fiction longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Next Door \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAn Unusual Grief\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the South African Literary Award First Time Author Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Etisalat Prize for Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatured in the New York Times' \"Globetrotting\" sneak preview of books coming out in 2019 from around the world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \"Seven new and noteworthy fiction titles about South Africa\" \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWandering in Cape Town, Leke stalks people, steals small objects, and visits doctors and healers in search of a cure. But he isn't sure what ails him--loneliness, or the family curse.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbandoned by his birth mother, losing his adoptive mother to cancer, and failing to connect with his distant adoptive father, Leke--a troubled young man living in Cape Town--has developed some odd and possibly destructive habits: he stalks strangers, steals small objects, and visits doctors and healers in search of friendship. Through a series of letters written to him from prison by his Nigerian father, a man he has never met, Leke learns about the family curse--a curse which his father had unsuccessfully tried to remove. Leke's search to break the curse leads him to strange places.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYewande Omotoso\u003c\/b\u003e is an architect with a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town. Her debut novel \u003ci\u003eBom Boy\u003c\/i\u003e was published in South Africa by Modjaji Books in 2011 and was shortlisted for the 2012 Sunday Times Fiction Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Next Door\u003c\/i\u003e (Chatto and Windus, 2016), Omotoso's second novel, was published to critical acclaim. She lives in Johannesburg.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 182\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42165106770055,"sku":"9781946395108","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/efa81e062c582db65a2015ec27320ec1.webp?v=1733311001","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/bom-boy-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}