Petals of blood
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TextSeries: Penguin classicsPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2005Description: xix, 409 pISBN: 0143039172 (pbk.); 9780143039174Subject(s): Kenya -- Fiction | English fictionDDC classification: 896.3 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online Summary: "The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this novel about disillusionment in independent Kenya. It is--on the surface--a suspenseful investigation of a triple murder. But 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"--Page 4 of cover.
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with an introduction by Moses Isegawa.
"The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this novel about disillusionment in independent Kenya. It is--on the surface--a suspenseful investigation of a triple murder. But 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"--Page 4 of cover.
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