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Item Details
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THE 14TH TALE
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| By: |
Inua Ellams |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£4.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1905233264 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781905233267 |
| Publisher: |
FLIPPED EYE PUBLISHING LIMITED |
| Pub. date: |
19 November, 2009 |
| Series: |
Defeye No. 2 |
| Pages: |
36 |
| Description: |
Ellams vividly recreates the characters that punctuate his upbringing in deft and beautiful poetry, while challenging the audience's expectations of what it is to be a young, black male in London today. |
| Synopsis: |
The 14th Tale is a free-flowing narrative that tells the hilarious exploits of a natural born mischief growing from the clay streets of Nigeria to the rooftops of Dublin, and finally to London. 1988: at four-years-old, he short-circuited his home with a silver spoon and a Betamax video player. 1989: stopped a 700-strong student assembly with a tantrum. 1995: was chased through jungle growth by a crazed, frustrated French teacher called Monsieur Batcock...Misfit? Apparently - until a little family research reveals a pattern of mischief reaching as far back as a great grandfather, and so the story begins: I'm from a long line of trouble makers, of ash skinned Africans, born with clenched fists and a natural thirst for battle only quenched by breast milk. They'd suckle as if the white silk sliding between gums were liquid peace treaties from mums. In The 14th Tale, the text of the acclaimed stage show of the same name, Inua vividly describes the exploits of a natural-born mischief growing from clay streets in Nigeria to roof tops in Dublin - and, finally, to heartbreak in London. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Flipped Eye Publishing Limited |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Fringe First Award 2009. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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