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.
| ISBN: | 9781783198856 |
| Publication date: | 6th August 2015 |
| Author: | Inua Ellams |
| Publisher: | Oberon Books an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 48 pages |
| Series: | Oberon Modern Plays |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: poetry and poets Theatre direction and production Creative writing and creative writing guides Poetry by individual poets Literary studies: plays and playwrights General Fiction Plays, playscripts Poetry |
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.
The 14th Tale features in the following genres: Literary studies: poetry and poets, Theatre direction and production, Creative writing and creative writing guides, Poetry by individual poets, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, General Fiction, Plays, playscripts, Poetry
The 14th Tale is available in Paperback
The 14th Tale was written by Inua Ellams and published by Oberon Books an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
The 14th Tale has 48 pages
Yes it is part of Oberon Modern Plays series
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