# The Palm-Wine Drinkard

by Amos Tutuola, Nigeria, 1952

A novel that tells the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man and his search for his dead palm-wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural and often terrifying beings - among them the complete gentleman who returns his body parts to their owners and the insatiable hungry-creature.

ISBN: 9780394621685

## See also

- [Amos Tutuola](https://africantales.net/authors/amos-tutuola)
- [More from Nigeria](https://africantales.net/countries/NGA)
- [Classic](https://africantales.net/genres/classic)
- [The 1950s](https://africantales.net/decades/1950s)

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