{"product_id":"black-bazaar","title":"Black Bazaar","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2015\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eButtologist is down on his uppers. His girlfriend, Original Colour, has cleared out of their Paris studio and run off to the Congo with a vertically challenged drummer known as The Mongrel. She's taken their daughter with her. Meanwhile, a racist neighbour spies on him something wicked, accusing him of 'digging a hole in the Dole'. And his drinking buddies at Jips, the Afro-Cuban bar in Les Halles, pour scorn on \u003ci\u003eBlack Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, the journal he keeps to log his sorrows. There are days when only the Arab in the corner shop has a kind word; while at night his dreams are stalked by the cannibal pygmies of Gabon. Then again, Buttologist wears no ordinary uppers. He has \u003ci\u003estyle\u003c\/i\u003e, bags of it (suitcases of crocodile and anaconda Westons, to be precise). He's a dandy from the Bacongo district of Brazzaville - AKA a \u003ci\u003esapeur\u003c\/i\u003e or member of the Society of Ambience-makers and People of Elegance. But is flaunting sartorial chic against tough times enough for Buttologist to cut it in the City of Light?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Serpent's Tail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781846687778\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Serpent's Tail","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £2.02","offer_id":47917776109745,"sku":"SB-1846687772-C3","price":2.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1846687772.jpg?v=1789690381","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/black-bazaar","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}