Wrestling With the Devil : A Prison Memoir

Author(s): Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

Biography & Memoir

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.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781784702243
  • : Random House
  • : Vintage
  • : April 2018
  • : January 2018
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
  • : Paperback
  • : Apr-18
  • : English
  • : 365.45092
  • : 272