Petals of blood /
"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 p...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Penguin Books,
2005.
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| Series: | Penguin classics.
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| 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"--P. [4] of cover. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 409 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0143039172 (pbk.) |