CrimeKenya

Petals of blood

by Ngũgĩ wa ThiongʼoNot on Booklabria yet

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"The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this novel about disillusionment in independent Kenya. It is--on the surface--a suspenseful investigation of a triple murder. But as the intertwined stories of the four suspects unfold, a devastating picture emerges of a modern third-world nation whose frustrated people feel their leaders have failed them time after time"--P. [4] of cover.

Subjects: Crime
Kenya
Set in: Kenya

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