Piggy Boy's Blues

by Nakhane Touré

Nakhane Toure's debut novel, Piggy Boy's Blues, a distorted pastoral, is for all intents and purposes a portrait of the M. family. Centred mostly on the protagonist, Davide M., and his return to Alice, the town of his birth, the novel portrays a Xhosa royal family past its prime and glory. Davide's journey, from the city to the country for peace and quiet, is not what he or the characters living in the forgotten and dilapidated house have bargained...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1928337082
• ISBN13: 9781928337089
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Jacana Media
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.5" x 8.4"