{"product_id":"born-on-a-tuesday","title":"Born On A Tuesday","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__genres\" style=\"margin: 0.8rem 0px; , montserrat, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\" style=\"margin: 0.8rem 0px; line-height: 1.37; , montserrat, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" style=\"position: relative;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" style=\"overflow: hidden visible; max-height: none;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\" style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(var(--num-right-col), minmax(0, 1fr)); margin-left: calc(-1 * var(--right-col-left-offset)); padding-left: var(--right-col-left-offset); gap: 1.7%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eFrom two-time Caine Prize finalist Elnathan John, a dynamic young voice from Nigeria, Born on a Tuesday is a stirring, starkly rendered first novel about a young boy struggling to find his place in a society that is fracturing along religious and political lines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn far northwestern Nigeria, Dantala lives among a gang of street boys who sleep under a kuka tree. During the election, the boys are paid by the Small Party to cause trouble. When their attempt to burn down the oppositions local headquarters ends in disaster, Dantala must run for his life, leaving his best friend behind. He makes his way to a mosque that provides him with food, shelter, and guidance. With his quick aptitude and modest nature, Dantala becomes a favored apprentice to the mosques sheikh. Before long, he is faced with a terrible conflict of loyalties, as one of the sheikhs closest advisors begins to raise his own radical movement. When bloodshed erupts in the city around him, Dantala must decide what kind of Muslimand what kind of manhe wants to be. Told in Dantalas nave, searching voice, this astonishing debut explores the ways in which young men are seduced by religious fundamentalism and violence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bellabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52259372499225,"sku":"577-1-item","price":7000.0,"currency_code":"NGN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/7737\/1673\/files\/IMG_4706.jpg?v=1776895551","url":"https:\/\/shopbellabooks.com\/products\/born-on-a-tuesday","provider":"Bellabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}