A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong'o games illness and fear

illness and fear

Johnny Head-in-Air

Hardie Grant  ISBN: 9781784882846Extent: 208 pages

As he leads us through the crowded streets of Elizabethan England

And for the icing on the Christmas cake

A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong'o games illness and fearA masterly story of myth, rebellion, love, friendship and betrayal from one of Africa's great writers, Ngugi wa Thiong'o's A Grain of Wheat includes an introduction by Abdulrazak Gurnah, author of By the Sea, in Penguin Modern Classics. It is 1963 and Kenya is on the verge of Uhuru Independence Day. The mighty british government has been toppled, and in the lull between the fighting and the new world, colonized and colonizer alike reflect on what they