{"product_id":"9781617750489","title":"The Duppy","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Every country (if she’s lucky) gets the Mark Twain she deserves, and Winkler is ours, bristling with savage Jamaican wit” (Marlon James).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Being dead is most definitely an impediment to writing a book, under ordinary circumstances. But the narrator of this novel, Taddeus Augustus Baps, has turned into a duppy—a ghost renowned in Caribbean folklore—and he has a story to tell.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e At first, he thinks that his new status as a spirit will provide some mischievous fun, but he’s in for disappointment. He gets whisked off to heaven—via minibus—where he meets not only God but some other interesting characters, and finds that the afterlife can be more irritating than one might expect . . .\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This smart, rollicking, and ultimately uplifting tale is a delight from the prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lunatic\u003c\/i\u003e and other comic novels. As \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e said of Anthony Winkler’s work, “It’s almost as if P. G. Wodehouse had strolled into the world of Bob Marley.”","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179258691824,"sku":"9781617750489","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617750489_p0.jpg?v=1769904521","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617750489","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}