{"product_id":"a-kind-of-madness","title":"A Kind of Madness","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780857309013\u003cbr\u003eFormat: B-format paperback\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Crime \u0026amp; Mystery Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA one-eyed chicken, a chimpanzee forgotten in a cage, a tormented daughter searching for a link to past lives. Everyday madness and monsters are explored against the backdrop of an indifferent Lagos in Uche Okonkwo\u0026amp;#x27;s dynamic debut collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross ten evocative stories, \u003ci\u003eA Kind of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e dips in and out of the lives of Nigerians, unravelling the tensions between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, best friends, siblings and more. Brimming with vitality, these bites of mundane madness mark the arrival of an extraordinary new talent in fiction and will leave you hungering for more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Steady-handed and gut-punching. I\u0026amp;#x27;m in awe of this mad collection, this necessary writer.\u0026amp;#x27; NoViolet Bulawayo, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Crackling with energy and alive to our whole kaleidoscope of feeling, these stories will rip you open and light up your insides.\u0026amp;#x27; Saba Sams, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSend Nudes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Uche Okonkwo\u0026amp;#x27;s voice is absorbing. I was immersed in the familiar world of these tender, playfully haunting, darkly funny stories. Okonkwo is a writer to watch.\u0026amp;#x27; Chinelo Okparanta, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnder the Udala Trees \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;To read \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Kind of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is to have an experience: of complex characters grappling with life\u0026amp;#x27;s many troubles, of a robust culture, of history, of the battle between the domestic and the public, and all the big themes of life woven together. Like Jhumpa Lahiri, Okonkwo\u0026amp;#x27;s mastery of the form is as rich as some of the short sto\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41857923055749,"sku":"PR384538","price":40.7,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TIW172HRF0HC.jpg?v=1789058577","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/a-kind-of-madness","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}