{"product_id":"the-forgers-tale-stephanie-newell-9780821417102","title":"The Forger's Tale: The Search for Odeziaku","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween 1905 and 1939 a conspicuously tall white man with a shock of red hair, dressed in a silk shirt and white linen trousers, could be seen on the streets of Onitsha, in Eastern Nigeria. How was it possible for an unconventional, boy-loving Englishman to gain a social status among the local populace enjoyed by few other Europeans in colonial West Africa?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Forger's Tale: The Search for Odeziaku\u003c\/i\u003e Stephanie Newell charts the story of the English novelist and poet John Moray Stuart-Young (1881-1939) as he traveled from the slums of Manchester to West Africa in order to escape the homophobic prejudices of late-Victorian society. Leaving behind a criminal record for forgery and embezzlement and his notoriety as a \"spirit rapper,\" Stuart-Young found a new identity as a wealthy palm oil trader and a celebrated author, known to Nigerians as \"Odeziaku.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating biographical account, Newell draws on queer theory, African gender debates, and \"new imperial history\" to open up a wider study of imperialism, (homo)sexuality, and nonelite culture between the 1880s and the late 1930s. \u003ci\u003eThe Forger's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e pays close attention to different forms of West African cultural production in the colonial period and to public debates about sexuality and ethics, as well as to movements in mainstream English literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephanie Newell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082141710X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821417102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.34w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 259","brand":"Stephanie Newell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153121128703,"sku":"9780821417102","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5d413139-6f9d-423f-a2f1-e82a98269a3e.jpg?v=1770781428","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-forgers-tale-stephanie-newell-9780821417102","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}