{"product_id":"petals-of-blood-paperback","title":"Petals of Blood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNgugi Wa Thiong'o\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMoses Isegawa\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eChinua Achebe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The definitive African book of the twentieth century\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e (Moses Isegawa, from the Introduction) by the Nobel Prize-nominated Kenyan writer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this fervent, hard-hitting novel about disillusionment in independent Kenya. A deceptively simple tale, \u003ci\u003ePetals of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e is on the surface a suspenseful investigation of a spectacular triple murder in upcountry Kenya. Yet 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1977, this novel was so explosive that its author was imprisoned without charges by the Kenyan government. His incarceration was so shocking that newspapers around the world called attention to the case, and protests were raised by human-rights groups, scholars, and writers, including James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Donald Barthelme, Harold Pinter, and Margaret Drabble.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNgugi wa Thiong'o\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Limuru, Kenya, in 1938. One of the leading African writers and scholars at work today, he is the author of many novels, short stories, essays, a memoir, and several plays, and recipient of numerous high honors. Currently he is Distinguished Professor in the School of Humanities and director of the International Center for Writing and Translation at the University of California, Irvine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoses Isegawa\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Uganda and is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eAbyssinian Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSnakepit\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44291091759206,"sku":"9780143039174","price":24.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/RGtJSFJXRFFDSDVNNnBSeWh0OCszZz09.webp?v=1766858131","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/petals-of-blood-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}