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.

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.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 5 April 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1784702242
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1784702243
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 191 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 1.7 x 19.8 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India
Importer ‏ : ‎ Penguin Random House India Pvt Ltd
Packer ‏ : ‎ Penguin Random House India Pvt Ltd
Best Sellers Rank: #67,946 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #26 in African History (Books) #349 in Political Freedom & Security (Books) #2,688 in Biographies & Autobiographies (Books)
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