{"product_id":"scale-boy-an-african-childhood-hardcover","title":"Scale Boy: An African Childhood - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrice Nganang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrice Nganang \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Cameroon and is a novelist, poet, and essayist. His novel\u003ci\u003e Dog Days\u003c\/i\u003e received the Prix Marguerite Yourcenar and the Grand Prix littéraire de Afrique noire. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eMount Pleasant\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2016), \u003ci\u003eWhen the Plums Are Ripe\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2019), and\u003ci\u003e A Trail of Crab Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2022). He teaches comparative literature at Stony Brook University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44811356733542,"sku":"9780374614515","price":43.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/wCgLItz4Yb9780374614515.webp?v=1771660469","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/scale-boy-an-african-childhood-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}