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The palm-wine drinkard and his dead palm-wine tapster in the Dead's Town

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A 1952 novel by Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola telling 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.

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Published
1984
Latest edition
1984 · ISBN 0394621689
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The palm-wine drinkard and his dead palm-wine tapster in the Dead's Town 1984 0394621689 Buy on Amazon
The palm-wine drinkard and his dead palm-wine tapster in the Dead's Town. 1970 0837140447 Buy on Amazon
The palm-wine drinkard and his dead palm-wine tapster in the Dead's Town. 1953 Buy on Amazon
The Palm-wine drinkard and his dead palm-wine tapster in the Dead's Town. 1952 0571049966 Buy on Amazon

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