TY - BOOK N2 - "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. AB - "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. T1 - Petals of blood / DA - 2005. CY - New York : AU - Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo, CN - PR9381.9.N45 CN - PR9381.9.N45 PB - Penguin Books, PP - New York : PY - 2005. ID - 337539 SN - 0143039172 (pbk.) SN - 9780143039174 (pbk.) TI - Petals of blood / LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2005271659-b.html LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2005271659-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2005271659-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2005271659-d.html ER -