{"product_id":"dangerous-love-paperback","title":"Dangerous Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBen Okri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Famished Road\u003c\/i\u003e, a classic story of doomed love in a country trying to come to terms with its violent past.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn epic of daily life, \u003ci\u003eDangerous Love\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Ben Okri's most accessible and most disarming novels. \u003cbr\u003e Omovo is an office worker and artist who lives at home with his father and his father's second wife. In the communal world of the compound in which he lives, Omovo has both friends and enemies, but his most important relationship is with Ifeyiwa, a beautiful young married woman whom he loves with an almost hopeless passion--not because she doesn't return his love, but because they can never be together.\u003cbr\u003e Against the backdrop of Nigeria's civil war, Ben Okri creates an atmosphere where passion takes on a wholly different dimension as danger, greed, hunger, and betrayal loom at every turn.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Okri \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet, novelist, essayist, short-story writer, anthologist, aphorist, and playwright. He has also written film scripts. His works have won numerous national and international prizes, including the Booker Prize for Fiction. His books include the eco-fable \u003ci\u003eEvery Leaf a Hallelujah\u003c\/i\u003e, poetry collection \u003ci\u003eA Fire in My Head\u003c\/i\u003e, and novels \u003ci\u003eAstonishing the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Gift of the Master Artists\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Other Press in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.6 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42731845222463,"sku":"9781635422665","price":22.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fe41780fa13f2aac0fdd8fcf129f282f.webp?v=1765130333","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/dangerous-love-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}