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Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir

Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary

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Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary

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Ngũgĩ 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, Ngũgĩ 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 an 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.

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Released January 28, 1981
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o writes contemporary fiction and has always been fascinated by character-driven stories. They hold a degree in English Literature and previously worked as an editor before transitioning to writing their own books. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o lives with their spouse and a very vocal rescue cat.

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