Don't Pay Bad for Bad
By Amos Tutuola
2012
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Don't Pay Bad for Bad includes selected out-of-print, rare, and never-before-published fiction by the iconic Nigerian author. Amos Tutuola (1920 - 1997) was a largely self-taught Nigerian writer who became internationally praised for books based in part on Yoruba folktales, especially the phantasmagorical The Palm-Wine Drinkard (1952). Welsh poet Dylan Thomas called Tutuola's work “thronged, grisly and bewitching,” bringing it even more attention. This edition features an extensive introductory essay on Tutuola by his son Yinka Tutuola, an afterword by Matthew Cheney, and a bibliography. The collection has been praised by Nigerian-born writer Nnedi Okorafor.
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Amos Tutuola
Author · 14 books
Amos Tutuola (20 June 1920 – 8 June 1997) was a Nigerian writer famous for his books based in part on Yoruba folk-tales. Despite his short formal education, Tutuola wrote his novels in English. His writing's grammar often relies more on Yoruba orality than on standard English.
