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Book Synopsis Kenyatta's Jiggers by : Charles Mangua
Download or read book Kenyatta's Jiggers written by Charles Mangua and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Son of Fate written by John Kiriamiti and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 1994 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel is by the author of the celebrated My Life in Crime and is his first. The life of the 'Son of Fate' is a grim struggle for survival, after his release from prison. He tries his luck at farming, and odd jobs in the city, but everything fails, and he finds himself on the wrong side of the law again. But a glimmer of hope comes when he rescues a tycoon.
Book Synopsis My Life in Prison by : John Kiriamiti
Download or read book My Life in Prison written by John Kiriamiti and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis My Life in Crime by : John Kiriamiti
Download or read book My Life in Crime written by John Kiriamiti and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 1989-07-13 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late 1690 and early 70s may be remembered as the years of the great bank and other armed robberies in Kenya. This is the true story of one of the participants in some of those robberies, John Kiriamiti. In raw and candid language, Kiriamiti tells the story of how he dropped out of secondary school when he was only fifteen years old, and for a time became a novice pickpocket, before graduating into crimes like car-breaking and ultimately into violent robbery. This spell-binding story takes the reader into the underworld of crime, and it depicts graphically the criminals struggle for survival against the forces of law. John Kiriamiti was imprisoned on 6 January 1971, after being convicted on a charge of committing robbery at Naivasha on 4 November 1970. Kiriamiti left Naivasha Maximum Security Prison in August 1984, just five months after the publication of this novel and those following which were a sensation with Kenyan youth in the late 1980s and '90s.
Download or read book The Operator written by Crispin E. Mwangi and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This racy novel is about two beautiful girls in Mombasa seeking the good life. Their passions for men and money and their thirst for adventure threaten to destroy them. But the narrator, one of the girls, learns that the life of a prostitute is the wrong path.
Book Synopsis My Life with a Criminal: Milly's Story by : John Kiriamiti
Download or read book My Life with a Criminal: Milly's Story written by John Kiriamiti and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 1989-06-15 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Kiriamiti's best-selling novel My Life in Crime has become a classic. Here Milly, his girlfriend, tells the poignant story of her life with the bank robber. They were in love, and he was gentle, kind and considerate. But after she moved in with him, she discovered his double life. She remained devoted, but the stress of his life bore its toll, and finally they parted. This sequel novel is also a bestseller in Kenya.
Book Synopsis The Wrong Kind of Girl by : Monica Genya
Download or read book The Wrong Kind of Girl written by Monica Genya and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Sinister Trophy by : John Kiriamiti
Download or read book The Sinister Trophy written by John Kiriamiti and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 1999-06-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the author of the popular Son of Fate, this follow-up story tells of Adams Wamathina, better known as Son of Fate, who is searching for a trophy which other parties will stop at nothing to get. The action takes place in Nairobi and Tanzania and Son of Fate finds himself involved with car chases and murder as he becomes embroiled in the chase.
Download or read book Son of Woman written by Charles Mangua and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 1988 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An instant success and bestseller in Kenya, which ran into 6 reprints, this prize-winning novel marked the beginning of popular literature in Kenya. Mangua's novel is a fictional, autobiographical account of the son of a prostitute. The male narrator describes his life as the orphan of a prostitute in the slums of Nairobi, a young man frequenting bars and brothels, a student, corrupt civil servant and seasonal convict. His is a humorous and cynical account revealing much about the unsavoury aspects of a world experiencing rapid social change. Charles Mangua is a prolific writer of popular literature, and author of three other novels, Son of Woman in Mombasa (the sequel to Son of Woman), A Tail in the Mouth, and Kanina and I.
Download or read book The Dead Came Calling written by Nducu wa and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an Indian businessman, Vishal Mehta, is found murdered inside his garage in Tigoni, Limuru, Jack Chidi, an investigative reporter with The Daily Grind is called in to investigate. Jack has no idea why Mehtas wife, Anarupa Mehta, has decided to call him. She informs him that it was Mehta, who had asked her to call him should anything happen to him, a few weeks before his death, signalling that he knew his life was in danger. Who would want him dead? And why? The only way to get to the bottom of this is to dig deep into Mehtas business dealings and the secrecy surrounding the Mehtas. It is a murder case that will take him all the way to Texas, USA, and back in search of the killer or killers. In the process, he exposes major international sex-trafficking ring, prostitution and corruption here and abroad. Jack is determined to find out who killed Mehta, a quest that puts his life in danger. Can he solve the case before they get him?
Book Synopsis Son of Woman in Mombasa by : Charles Mangua
Download or read book Son of Woman in Mombasa written by Charles Mangua and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 1986 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sequel to the bestselling The Son of Woman, written in Mangua's now familiar engaging, cynical and humorous style. In this novel, the Son of Woman has come out of jail amd moved to Mombasa to start afresh. He is a fully fledged thirty-something, and a married grown- up. He is unemployed and operating as a blackmarketeer; but in any case, soon expects to find a job as a Member of Parliament. A satirical and fictional portrayal of the African male, living in a world of rapid social change and transition to some kind of modernity. Charles Mangua is a bestselling popular fiction writer in Kenya, who has penned other novels: Kanina and I and A Tail in the Mouth.
Book Synopsis The Verdict of Death by : Onduko bw' Atebe
Download or read book The Verdict of Death written by Onduko bw' Atebe and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Place of No Return by : Mervyn G. Powell
Download or read book A Place of No Return written by Mervyn G. Powell and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Freeman, a recently retired teacher, returns on holiday to Igana, a West African country where he once taught. But much has changed and the elected government has given way to a military regime. The holiday is not what Mark expected and his journey takes him across the country with a companion he had not anticipated and on an adventure he would never forget.
Download or read book City Murders written by Nducu wa and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Later that evening, Ali Fana, the lead detective in this case, flanked by the commissioner of Police, appeared in national TV to assure the nation that his team was on track to catch the serial killer. He looked and sounded the part of the a confident sleuth about to nab the perpetrator. He became a national figure. I on the other hand was the first to give the killings a name that caught fire: City Murders!
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English by : Eugene Benson
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English written by Eugene Benson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 1950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... Documents the history and development of [Post-colonial literatures in English, together with English and American literature] and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.
Book Synopsis Routledge Handbook of Counter-Narratives by : Klarissa Lueg
Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Counter-Narratives written by Klarissa Lueg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Routledge Handbook of Counter-Narratives is a landmark volume providing students, university lecturers, and practitioners with a comprehensive and structured guide to the major topics and trends of research on counter-narratives. The concept of counter-narratives covers resistance and opposition as told and framed by individuals and social groups. Counter-narratives are stories impacting on social settings that stand opposed to (perceived) dominant and powerful master-narratives. In sum, the contributions in this handbook survey how counter-narratives unfold power to shape and change various fields. Fields investigated in this handbook are organizations and professional settings, issues of education, struggles and concepts of identity and belonging, the political field, as well as literature and ideology. The handbook is framed by a comprehensive introduction as well as a summarizing chapter providing an outlook on future research avenues. Its direct and clear appeal will support university learning and prompt both students and researchers to further investigate the arena of narrative research.
Book Synopsis Urban Legends, Colonial Myths by : James Ogude
Download or read book Urban Legends, Colonial Myths written by James Ogude and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: