Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir

Memoirs #4

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

272 pages first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 blo...

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Moods

informative 75%
reflective 75%
sad 75%
challenging 50%
dark 50%
emotional 50%
inspiring 25%
tense 25%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 50%

Average rating

3.88

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