{"product_id":"sin-is-a-puppy-that-follows-you-home","title":"Sin Is a Puppy That Follows You Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeginning in the late 1980s, northern Nigeria saw a boom in popular fiction written in the Hausa language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKnown as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003elittattafan soyayya\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\"love literature\"), the books are often inspired by Hindi films—which have been hugely popular among Hausa speakers for decades—and are primarily written by women. They have sparked a craze among young adult readers as well as a backlash from government censors and book-burning conservatives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSin Is a Puppy That Follows You Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an Islamic soap opera complete with polygamous households, virtuous women, scheming harlots, and black magic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's the first full-length novel by a woman ever translated from Hausa to English.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd it's quite unlike anything you've ever read before.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blaft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53220543988049,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/6478\/4209\/files\/Screenshot2026-03-06134309.png?v=1772804602","url":"https:\/\/thecommonpress.shop\/products\/sin-is-a-puppy-that-follows-you-home","provider":"The Common Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}