{"product_id":"seesaw-9781800750180","title":"Seesaw","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA very funny, intelligent, deliberately and engagingly resistant, and moving piece of writing' Amit Chaudhuri\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA recovering writer'  his first novel having been littered with typos and selling only fifty copies  Frank Jasper is plucked from obscurity in Port Jumbo in Nigeria by Mrs Kirkpatrick, a white woman and wife of an American professor, to attend the prestigious William Blake Program for Emerging Writers in Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce there, however, it becomes painfully clear that he and the other Fellows are expected to meet certain obligations as representatives of their cultures.' His colleagues, veterans of residencies in Europe and America, know how to play up to the stereotypes expected of them, but Frank isn't interested in being the African Writer at William Blake  any anyway, there is another Fellow, Barongo Akello Kabumba, who happily fills that role.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEventually expelled from the fellowship for non-performance' and non-participation,' Frank Jasper sets off on trip to visit his father's college friend in Nebraska  where he learns not only surprising truths about his father, but also how to parlay his experiences into a lucrative new career once he returns to Nigeria: as a commentator on American life...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeesaw\u003c\/em\u003e is an energetic comedy of cultural dislocation  and in its humour, intelligence and piety-pricking, it is a refreshing and hugely enjoyable act of literary rebellion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swift Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412802740567,"sku":"9781800750180","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800750180.jpg?v=1730518161","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/seesaw-9781800750180","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}