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A Grain of Wheat (Penguin African Writers)
A Grain of Wheat - Penguin African Writers Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o The best-known novel by the great Kenyan writer — Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 1952?1960 Emergency. At the center of it all is the reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a ... more »terrible secret. As we learn of the villagers' tangled histories in a narrative interwoven with myth and peppered with allusions to real-life leaders, including Jomo Kenyatta, a masterly story unfolds in which compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed, and loves are tested.« less
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