Eliot described as a creepy crawly imagination, The Palm-Wine Drinkard is regarded as the seminal work of African literature. Brief, thronged, grisly and bewitching. Dylan Thomas, ObserverTutuolas art conceals - or rather clothes - his purpose, as all good art must do. Chinua Achebe
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Cuya lengua materna es el yoruba, escribe en inglés. Es uno de los más prestigiosos autores nigerianos,nacido en Abeokuta en 1920.Su primera novela, The Palm-Wine Drinkard ha sido traducida a varios idiomas.