{"product_id":"9781485904151","title":"The Madhouse","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe house at the end of Freetown Street in Nigeria's Sabon Gari was once a sanatorium for colonists deranged from the heat and insanity of the place. Now it is home to a family whose unorthodox lives unfold into legend: Sweet Mother, an artist, her husband Shariff, a writer and soldier, and their children André and Max.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom the moment his baby brother André is born, Max attaches himself to him, even dreaming the boy's homicidal dreams. When the wayward André later pulls free from the family to join a death cult, Max must decide how far he will be drawn into his brother's web.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSerene and beautiful, Ladidi joins the family as a foster child, promising to marry the boy at school who can bring her a strawberry, a fruit she has never tasted.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSensuality blooms, along with loss of innocence amid the death of music legend Fela Kuti, massacres, disappearances, abductions and broken promises.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhile Sweet Mother and Shariff battle their personal demons, Max realises you cannot save your family. But can you ever escape them?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn his exhilarating debut, TJ Benson conjures up a kaleidoscope of Nigeria. This is the extraordinary tale of five people bound by blood, each searching for a way through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+TJ+Benson\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eTJ Benson\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"TJ Benson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378819874979,"sku":"9781485904151","price":300.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781485904151_c4e92f81-0a0b-4161-98ce-9acc1ab24f03.jpg?v=1776553094","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781485904151","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}