{"product_id":"wrestling-with-the-devil-a-prison-memoir-by-ngugi-wa-thiongo","title":"Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir by Ngugi wa Thiong'o","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781784702243\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage, April 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e272 pages, Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNgugi 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47479218995362,"sku":null,"price":345.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/812b6VARqlL._SL1500.jpg?v=1785223509","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/wrestling-with-the-devil-a-prison-memoir-by-ngugi-wa-thiongo","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}