One of this author's characters is seen living it up with a glass of champagne at a golf club but is later killed when a brewery catches on fire. Another of his characters witnesses the death of twenty-one prisoners in the Rira camp, where John Thompson became warden after the protagonist's murder of Tom Robson. Derek Walcott's "The Swamp" provides the title of that former novel, whose protagonist enlists the aid of (*) Abdulla after Inspector Godfrey charges him with ar
One of this author's characters is seen living it up with a glass of champagne at a golf club but is later killed when a brewery catches on fire. Another of his characters witnesses the death of twenty-one prisoners in the Rira camp, where John Thompson became warden after the protagonist's murder of Tom Robson. Derek Walcott's "The Swamp" provides the title of that former novel, whose protagonist enlists the aid of (*) Abdulla after Inspector Godfrey charges him with arson in Ilmorog. Mugo betrays the guerrilla fighter Kihika to the British in the best-known work of this author, who related his decision to stop writing in English in Decolonizing the Mind. For 10 points, name this author of Petals of Blood and A Grain of Wheat, a Kenyan novelist.
One of this author's characters is seen living it up with a glass of champagne at a golf club but is later killed when a brewery catches on fire.
{Ng?g?} wa {Thiong'o} [or James {Ngugi}]