{"product_id":"scale-boy-an-african-childhood","title":"Scale Boy: An African Childhood","description":"\u003ch1\u003eScale Boy: An African Childhood\u003c\/h1\u003ePatrice Nganang,Patrice Nganang\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003eJanuary 20 2026\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780374614515\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0374614512\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary chronicle of youth that evokes the paradoxes of modern Africa--complex, contradictory, and full of conflict, tragedy, and joy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatrice Nganang, the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eDog Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMount Pleasant\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eA Trail of Crab Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a 2022 \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year, writes about his vibrant, animated youth in Cameroon, a period of upheaval and change in the country's history and in his life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eScale Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir that brings great brightness and joy to the tumultuous years of discovering oneself and one's community; though there are moments of danger and confusion in his story, Nganang aims to present a new vision of a young Black African man's coming-of-age.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391333564461,"sku":"WHS-f8602d7d8f9c4633893888fb97e64f80","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_01431146-f1cd-4e84-8369-1bf65ea07efb.jpg?v=1787353422","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/scale-boy-an-african-childhood","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}