Imprint: Vintage Classics
Published: 05/04/2018
ISBN: 9781784873363
Length: 432 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 26mm x 129mm
Weight: 298g
RRP: £10.99
'A compelling novel about the tragedy of corrupting power, set in post-independence Kenya...Ngugi writes with passion about every form, shape and colour which power can take' Sunday Times
After decades of British rule Kenya has declared its independence, but drought and poor harvests still govern the village of Ilmorog. Undeterred, Munira, Karega, Wanja and Abdulla each move to Ilmorog in search of a more provincial life, only to find themselves suspects in a crime that signals a dark turning of the times.
A classic of modern African literature, Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s damning satire of politics and corruption in Kenya would prove the catalyst for his imprisonment by the Kenyan government.
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Published: 05/04/2018
ISBN: 9781784873363
Length: 432 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 26mm x 129mm
Weight: 298g
RRP: £10.99
Ambitious, caustic, and impassioned
A compelling novel about the tragedy of corrupting power, set in post-independence Kenya. . . Ngugi writes with passion about every form, shape and colour which power can take
A mind-blowing political statement, an anguished cry of despair… a bombshell