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      Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir

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      Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s powerful prison memoir begins half an hour before his release on 12 December 1978.

      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 h...

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      Product ID:9781784702243
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Wrestling with the Devil
      Subtitle:A Prison Memoir
      Authors:Author: Ngugi wa Thiong'o
      Page Count:272
      Subjects:Memoirs, Memoirs, Penology and punishment, Prisons, Kenya, c 1970 to c 1980
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      Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s powerful prison memoir begins half an hour before his release on 12 December 1978.

      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.


      Imprint Name:Vintage
      Publisher Name:Vintage Publishing
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2018-04-05

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      Weight222 g
      Dimensions128 × 195 × 18 mm