The palm-wine drinkard and his dead palm-wine tapster in the Dead's Town
by Amos Tutuola
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A novel that tells the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man and his search for his dead palm-wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural and often terrifying beings - among them the complete gentleman who returns his body parts to their owners and the insatiable hungry-creature.
FictionYoruba (African people)FolkloreWine and wine makingNigeria, fictionFiction (fictional works by one author)Postage stampsAlcoholicsNigerian fiction