Critical Perspectives on Amos TutuolaBernth Lindfors Amos Tutuola is one of Africa's most controversial authors. The reviews and essays in this volume are grouped chronologically to allow the reader to follow Tutuola's literary career and his unsteady journey to respectability. |
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Dylan Thomas in The Observer | 7 |
Selden Rodman in The New York Times Book Review | 15 |
S Pritchett in New Statesman and Nation | 21 |
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