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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Gardners Books
Publication date
February 7, 2002
Pages
432
Binding
Paperback
Edition
New
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780141187020
ISBN-10
0141187026
Dimensions
1 by 5 by 7.75 in.
Weight
0.75 lbs.
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Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$21.15
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
After a terrible murder in the village of Ilmorog, four suspects are placed in detention, whose lives are inextricably linked with the lives of the murder victims, the fortunes of Ilmorog and Kenya itself. The author reveals a human landscape in which tribalism collides with bureaucracy.
Editions
Paperback
With Moses Isegawa (other contributor) |
Reprint edition from Penguin Classics (February 1, 2005)
9780143039174 | details & prices | 409 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $16.00
About: The baffling murders of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery are set against the backdrop of the intertwined stories of the four suspects in the crime, in a novel about the struggles of a modern Third World nation.
About: The baffling murders of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery are set against the backdrop of the intertwined stories of the four suspects in the crime, in a novel about the struggles of a modern Third World nation.
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With Ngugi wa Thiong\'o |
New edition from Gardners Books (February 7, 2002)
9780141187020 | details & prices | 432 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $21.15
About: After a terrible murder in the village of Ilmorog, four suspects are placed in detention, whose lives are inextricably linked with the lives of the murder victims, the fortunes of Ilmorog and Kenya itself.
About: After a terrible murder in the village of Ilmorog, four suspects are placed in detention, whose lives are inextricably linked with the lives of the murder victims, the fortunes of Ilmorog and Kenya itself.
Reissue edition from E P Dutton (October 1, 1991)
9780140153514 | details & prices | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $15.00
With Ngugi wa Thiong\'o |
from Penguin USA (October 1, 1991)
9789990054439 | details & prices | List price $0.02
from E P Dutton (September 1, 1978)
9780525041955 | details & prices | List price $8.95
About: After a terrible murder in the village of Ilmorog four suspects are placed in detention: Munira the headmaster; Abdullah the storekeeper; Karega the assistant teacher and 'barmaid' Wanja.
About: After a terrible murder in the village of Ilmorog four suspects are placed in detention: Munira the headmaster; Abdullah the storekeeper; Karega the assistant teacher and 'barmaid' Wanja.
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