{"product_id":"the-day-the-madman-knew-9781641365758","title":"The Day the Madman Knew","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tunde Oyateru\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Still Dapper Limited\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Still Dapper Limited\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: African\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the neighbourhood; an interwoven collection of middle-class homes in the capital of a prominent country in West Africa. In the neighbourhood, you will meet Ogunmakin, a seasoned civil servant who has recently let go of his ethical inhibitions and has come into new-found wealth. This new wealth will create rabid paranoia and drive him to acts of madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will also meet Amanda, a young banking professional who is saddled daily with the burden of delivering improbable targets and shouldering the responsibilities and guilt of being a first child in a struggling family, her open contempt for anyone with the opportunities and the life she wishes she could access makes her behave like a pariah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will meet Swetwaters, a Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Neighbourhood who is down on his luck and has not come to terms with a once-promising career that is now moribund. His lack of control over his fate grates and pushes him to irrational behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd of course, you cannot leave the neighbourhood without meeting the Madman, a physically overbearing errant who is often ignored by the neighbourhood but will quickly be used as a foil for their frustrations with life, with governance and the promise of a better tomorrow that never came.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe neighbourhood like any neighbourhood anywhere is full of colourful characters and narratives and at the heart of it is the madman, he offers them a chance to express their frustration, to try and seize control but also discover their humanity\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Still Dapper Limited","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46864875880599,"sku":"9781641365758","price":2272.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781641365758.webp?v=1769976041","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-day-the-madman-knew-9781641365758","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}