{"product_id":"bom-boy-yewande-omotoso-9781946395108","title":"Bom Boy","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yewande Omotoso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1946395102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781946395108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catalyst Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/19\/2019","brand":"Yewande Omotoso","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986395824383,"sku":"9781946395108","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_06951e6f-bde4-4826-9c8b-a90be029a403.jpg?v=1683283117","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bom-boy-yewande-omotoso-9781946395108","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}