000337539 000__ 01494cam\a2200301\a\4500 000337539 001__ 337539 000337539 005__ 20210513122950.0 000337539 008__ 050308s2005\\\\nyu\\\\\\\\\\\000\1\eng\\ 000337539 010__ $$a 2005271659 000337539 020__ $$a0143039172 (pbk.) 000337539 020__ $$a9780143039174 (pbk.) 000337539 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm58463381 000337539 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dOCO$$dEYE$$dBAKER$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dIXA$$dCPE$$dZWZ 000337539 043__ $$af-ke--- 000337539 049__ $$aISEA 000337539 05000 $$aPR9381.9.N45$$bP436 2005 000337539 08200 $$a823/.914$$222 000337539 1000_ $$aNgũgĩ wa Thiongʾo,$$d1938- 000337539 24510 $$aPetals of blood /$$cNgũgĩ wa Thiongʾo ; with an introduction by Moses Isegawa. 000337539 260__ $$aNew York :$$bPenguin Books,$$c2005. 000337539 300__ $$axix, 409 p. ;$$c20 cm. 000337539 4901_ $$aPenguin classics 000337539 520__ $$a"The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this novel about disillusionment in independent Kenya. It is--on the surface--a suspenseful investigation of a triple murder. But as the intertwined stories of the four suspects unfold, a devastating picture emerges of a modern third-world nation whose frustrated people feel their leaders have failed them time after time"--P. [4] of cover. 000337539 651_0 $$aKenya$$vFiction. 000337539 655_7 $$aPolitical fiction.$$2lcgft 000337539 830_0 $$aPenguin classics 000337539 85200 $$bgen$$hPR9381.9.N45$$iP436$$i2005 000337539 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2005271659-b.html 000337539 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2005271659-d.html 000337539 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:337539$$pGLOBAL_SET 000337539 980__ $$aBIB 000337539 980__ $$aBOOK