{"product_id":"9781784703998","title":"The Old Drift","description":"Author: Serpell, Namwali\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781784703998\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 31 Mar 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 576 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn electrifying debut from the winner of the 2015 Caine Prize for African writing, \u003ci\u003eThe Old Drift\u003c\/i\u003e is the Great Zambian Novel you didn't know you were waiting for and the launch of a thrilling new talent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'The great African novel of the twenty-first century' Tade Thompson, author of \u003ci\u003eRosewater\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eOn the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there was once a colonial settlement called The Old Drift.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1904, in a smoky room at the hotel across the river, an Old Drifter named Percy M. Clark, foggy with fever, makes a mistake that entangles his fate with those of an Italian hotelier and an African busboy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e So begins a cycle of unwitting retribution between three Zambian families as they collide and converge over the course of the century, into the present and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Extraordinary, ambitious, evocative, dazzling' Salman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Brilliant . . . heartbreaking' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e'Charming, heartbreaking and breathtaking' Carmen Maria Machado, author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Dream House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48185154404510,"sku":"UBD-9781784703998","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781784703998.jpg?v=1787485971","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781784703998","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}