Palm-Wine Drinkard, Amos TutuolaThis classic novel 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. Mixing Yoruba folktales with what T. S. Eliot described as a 'creepy crawly imagination', The Palm Wine Drinkard

a perfect American gentleman

She tells with bravery and dignity for the first time the story of how she and her mother were betrayed and sold into sexual slavery in China and forced to suffer terrible psychological and physical hardship before they finally made their way to Seoul

violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice

The daughter of Korean immigrants

indicting a criminal justice system designed to fail the most vulnerable

But as her mother's trial looms

scratched out in chalk on the pavements

It's a book about bad dates

Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station

Philip Short was struck by the Cambodian leader's charm and charisma

unchanging truths

And danger and death will surround that fortune for years to come