Products specifications
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Author
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Ngugi wa Thiong'o |
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Pub Date
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05/04/2018 |
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Binding
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Paperback / softback |
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Pages
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272 |
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Country
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United Kingdom |
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Dewey
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364.3092 |
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GBPPrice
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8.99 |
Ngugi wa Thiong'o's powerful prison memoir begins half an hour before his release on 12 December 1978. A year earlier, he recalls, armed police arrived at his home and took him to Kenya's Kamiti Maximum Security Prison. There, Ngugi lives in a block alongside other political prisoners, but he refuses to give in to the humiliation. He decides to write a novel in secret, on toilet paper - it is a book that will become his classic, Devil on the Cross.
Wrestling with the Devil is Ngugi's unforgettable account of the drama and challenges of living under twenty-four-hour surveillance. He captures not only the pain caused by his isolation from his family, but also the spirit of defiance and the imaginative endeavours that allowed him to survive.
