Ngugi 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, Ngugi 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 Ngugi's 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.
| ISBN: | 9781784702243 |
| Publication date: | 5th April 2018 |
| Author: | Ngõugõi wa Thiongo |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 248 pages |
| Genres: |
Biographies & Autobiographies Autobiography: writers Political oppression and persecution Memoirs |