{"product_id":"sozaboy","title":"Sozaboy (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSozaboy describes the fate of a young, naive soldier thrown into the frontline of a civil war, from his first proud days of recruitment to the disillusionment and horrors that follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'And I was thinking how I was prouding before to go to soza and call myself Sozaboy. But now if anybody say anything about war or even fight, I will just run and run and run and run and run.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMene yearns for manhood. He dreams of gaining the glory that the ex-soldier in his village brags about, with his stories of hunting 'Hitla'. So when war breaks out and soldiers appear in Mene's isolated village, he sees his chance to finally wear a uniform.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToo soon, however, Mene's innocence turns to terror. While witnessing the unfathomable, Mene must learn to evade the carnage of warfare if he wants to make it home alive...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWriting in Nigerian Pidgin English, Ken Saro-Wiwa creates a unique window into the dark consequences of meaningless war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by William Boyd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Haunting.' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Ken Saro-Wiwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43602056806578,"sku":"9781035906031","price":285.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781035906031.jpg?v=1717745496","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/sozaboy","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}