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A magisterial comic novel that is certain to take its place as a landmark of postcolonial African Literature ...
A powerful memoir of an extraordinary Kenyan childhood by an international literary giant
Ngugi wa Thiong'o is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature ate the university of California, Irvin, and is director of the university's International Centre for Writing and Translation. His books include Petals of Blood, for which he was imprisoned by the Kenyan government in 1977. He lives in Irvine, California.
A magisterial comic novel that is certain to take its place as a landmark of postcolonial African Literature from the exiled Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and literary critic