{"product_id":"earthly-encounters","title":"Earthly Encounters","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile driving from Lagos to Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Inspector MacMahon makes a gruesome discovery next to an overturned car on the side of the road. Long red locks that appear at first glance to be a wig are actually attached to a skillfully decapitated woman's head. Her body is nowhere to be found, but her diary remains... By day, Magdalene Maggee Hyman was a Scottish-Cuban professor of sexology who taught English in the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire. By night she was a winged she-pony who flew from village to village, lustily conquering dark, strong-willed men. Through Magee's diary, Inspector MacMahon begins to uncover the mystery in her life and death. Strangely, the two are bonded by a shared love of lush Africa's landscape and psyche, described here in a style as decadent and lulling as the rhythmic beating of African djembe drums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lecturer in special languages, Ozzi Richard Hoffman, Ph.D., has previously published a colletion of poems, \u003ci\u003eHygienic Waters.\u003c\/i\u003e Hoffman is a native of French Sudan (Mali), and frequently organizes church tours to his homeland via Morocco. He enjoys writing, playing guitar, and golfing. Hoffman is a member of the African American Historical Society in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dorrance Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54496758202715,"sku":null,"price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1040\/0668\/0923\/files\/26190803482474.jpg?v=1792895632","url":"https:\/\/bestbuymarket.shop\/products\/earthly-encounters","provider":"Everyday Cove","version":"1.0","type":"link"}