{"product_id":"9781400033843","title":"Wizard of the Crow","description":"\u003cb\u003eA landmark of postcolonial African literature, \u003ci\u003eWizard of the Crow\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious, magisterial, comic novel from the acclaimed Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and critic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWizard of the Crow\u003c\/i\u003e is first and foremost a great, spellbinding tale, probably the crowning glory of Ngugi’s life’s work. . . . He has turned the power of storytelling into a weapon against totalitarianism.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the fictional Free Republic of Aburiria, \u003ci\u003eWizard of the Crow \u003c\/i\u003edramatizes with corrosive humor and keenness of observation a battle for the souls of the Aburirian people, between a megalomaniac dictator and an unemployed young man who embraces the mantle of a magician. Fashioning the stories of the powerful and the ordinary into a dazzling mosaic, in this magnificent work of magical realism, Ngugi wa'Thiong'o—one of the most widely read African writers—reveals humanity in all its endlessly surprising complexity.","brand":"Ngugi wa Thiong'o","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45895516848340,"sku":"9781400033843","price":25.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_8b01211b-4a06-4a42-8780-26a965b13e81.jpg?v=1702078893","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781400033843","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}