{"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\u003eNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o\u003c\/b\u003e (1938-2025) was an award-winning novelist, playwright, and essayist from Kenya whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages. In addition to \u003ci\u003ePetals of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, his novels \u003ci\u003eDevil on the Cross\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Grain of Wheat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe River Between\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWeep Not, Child \u003c\/i\u003eare available from Penguin Classics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoses Isegawa\u003c\/b\u003e (introduction) 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":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52841620537568,"sku":"9780143039174","price":19.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/n5BGBVTUW59780143039174.webp?v=1781195498","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/petals-of-blood-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}