{"product_id":"little-boys-come-from-the-stars","title":"Little Boys Come From The Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmmanuel Dongala\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnchor Books-2001\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eUsed Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ca name=\"_Hlk209605609\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eCover has wear mostly around the edges and corners. Spine has no creasing. Pages are clean no internal tears, marks, or creases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in an unnamed country in equatorial Africa, it tells the story of Michel, a precocious teen dubbed Matapari (“trouble”) because of his extraordinary birth. Though his father is a reclusive scholar, his mother a pious though confused Catholic, and his uncle a shameless opportunist determined to gain power in the shifting politics of their post-colonial nation, Matapari remains an unsullied child who wears Reeboks, drinks Coke, reads Japanese comics, and watches \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRambo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. But when his family becomes the nucleus of the revolution for democracy, Matapari proves to be the ideal narrator for this story of violent upheaval and bloody corruption–a voice whose ironic innocence makes bearable and even humorous the awful realities of the world it describes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eK-3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hasberts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52646624395576,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0291\/9192\/9890\/files\/e3_e483087a-f222-45fe-9d0d-f0ea631ce630.jpg?v=1784162707","url":"https:\/\/hasberts.com\/products\/little-boys-come-from-the-stars","provider":"Hasberts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}