The title of his most famous novel, which includes a photographer named Jeremiah among its characters, comes from a story about a giant told by a boxer who'd defeated Yellow Jaguar and Green Leopard.
His most recent novel is set in a kingdom plagued by a white wind that causes a "lassitude of the mind". One character in that novel is the head of a forest-dwelling clan of artists who seek to learn the "hidden arts of making", while a prince is resurrected by dreaming of that man's daughter. This author of Starbook also wrote Dangerous Love, which is a reworking of his earlier novel The (*) Landscapes Within. The title of his most famous novel, which includes a photographer named Jeremiah among its characters, comes from a story about a giant told by a boxer who'd defeated Yellow Jaguar and Green Leopard. That boxer's son is an abiku who is aided by Madame Koto. For 10 points, name this Nigerian writer who won the 1991 Booker Prize for his novel about the spirit-child Azaro, The Famished Road.
His most recent novel is set in a kingdom plagued by a white wind that causes a "lassitude of the mind".
{Ben Okri}