Petals of Blood
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140153514 (0140153519)
ASIN: 140153519
Publish date: September 13th 1991
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
I dragged my feet with this book for a long time. The character sketches were phenomenal, but something about the style kept me at a distance and it was a great effort to keep turning pages. Even being laid up during the covid-19 lockdown didn't help. Have to mark as 'abandoned'.
1977. This sounds heartwarming.
This is the first book I have read by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, and I was swept away by it. Written in 1977, Petals of Blood recreates many of the tensions in Kenya at the time. Although the book is anchored by investigation into the murder of three highly placed Kenyan officials, it is at heart a sweeping...