{"product_id":"black-bazaar-alain-mabanckou-9781846687778","title":"Black Bazaar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003einalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2015\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Buttologist is down on his uppers. His girlfriend, Original Colour, has cleared out of their Paris studio and run off to the Congo with a vertically challenged drummer known as The Mongrel. She's taken their daughter with her. Meanwhile, a racist neighbour spies on him something wicked, accusing him of 'digging a hole in the Dole'. And his drinking buddies at Jips, the Afro-Cuban bar in Les Halles, pour scorn on \u003cem\u003eBlack Bazaar\u003c\/em\u003e, the journal he keeps to log his sorrows. There are days when only the Arab in the corner shop has a kind word; while at night his dreams are stalked by the cannibal pygmies of Gabon. Then again, Buttologist wears no ordinary uppers. He has \u003cem\u003estyle\u003c\/em\u003e, bags of it (suitcases of crocodile and anaconda Westons, to be precise). He's a dandy from the Bacongo district of Brazzaville - AKA a \u003cem\u003esapeur\u003c\/em\u003e or member of the Society of Ambience-makers and People of Elegance. But is flaunting sartorial chic against tough times enough for Buttologist to cut it in the City of Light?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alain Mabanckou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1846687772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781846687778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Serpent's Tail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Alain Mabanckou","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069548916991,"sku":"9781846687778","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_09788793-b37e-49e8-bf7a-7e581d1a7653.jpg?v=1685425307","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-bazaar-alain-mabanckou-9781846687778","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}