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The 14th Tale, Paperback / softback Book

The 14th Tale Paperback / softback

Part of the Oberon Modern Plays series

Paperback / softback

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1988: at four-years-old, he short-circuited his home with a silver spoon and a Betamax video player. 1989: stopped a 700-strong student assembly with a tantrum. 1995: was chased through jungle growth by a crazed, frustrated French teacher called Monsieur Batcock...Misfit?

Apparently – until a little family research reveals a pattern of mischief reaching as far back as a great grandfather, and so the story begins:I'm from a long line of trouble makers, of ash skinned Africans, born with clenched fists and a natural thirst for battle only quenched by breast milk.

They'd suckle as if the white silk sliding between gums were liquid peace treaties from mums.

The 14th Tale is a beautiful mellifluous narrative that tells the hilarious exploits of a natural born mischief, growing from the clay streets of Nigeria to rooftops in Dublin and finally to London by award-winning writer and performer Inua Ellams.

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