{"product_id":"the-spider-and-the-fool-alfred-koiwood-9798243449687","title":"The Spider and the Fool: The Spider and The Fool Where Laughter Becomes a Crime","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a small West African village where grief, marriage, trade, and judgment each have their prescribed rituals, one man refuses to play along. Known only as \u003ci\u003ethe Fool\u003c\/i\u003e, he laughs at funerals, questions priests, unsettles weddings, and exposes the silent hypocrisies woven into everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a confrontation in the market leaves a man dead, the Fool becomes the village's unwanted mirror. Hauled before elders and a colonial magistrate, condemned to hang, he is left alone in a dirt-floored cell with only a spider in the rafters-a creature whose quiet, relentless weaving reveals a truth deeper than any sermon or trial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the village prepares for his execution, \u003ci\u003eThe Spider and The Fool\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a stark, haunting meditation on honesty, ritual, and the cost of being a man who cannot pretend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvocative, lean, and unsparing, this novella blends the realism of Achebe with the existential clarity of Camus-an unforgettable tale of one man who refuses to bow to the roles society demands.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred Koiwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798243449687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.12d","brand":"Alfred Koiwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447258099967,"sku":"9798243449687","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_10cd57a4-a900-4422-b90c-25caf4d6f83a.jpg?v=1777229905","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-spider-and-the-fool-alfred-koiwood-9798243449687","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}