He wrote short stories such as one that details a rainmaker's influence on a town, "The Village Priest," and another in which a barmaid named Beatrice steals from a cab driver, "Minutes of Glory," published in his collection Secret Lives.  
He wrote short stories such as one that details a rainmaker's influence on a town, "The Village Priest," and another in which a barmaid named Beatrice steals from a cab driver, "Minutes of Glory," published in his collection Secret Lives.  One of this man's fictional characters, Matigari, was rumored to have a real warrant out for his arrest, and this author was imprisoned under the Public Security Act for a play he co-wrote with a man named Mirii, I Will Marry When I Want.  Mugo betrays Thomas Robson's killer Kihika in one of this man's best-known works, while anther work features Wanja, Abdulla, Kerega, and Munira questioned about a fire that killed three brewery directors in Ilmarog.  FTP, name this author who abandoned English in favor of Kikuyu, whose works include A Grain of Wheat and Petals of Blood.
He wrote short stories such as one that details a rainmaker's influence on a town, "The Village Priest," and another in which a barmaid named Beatrice steals from a cab driver, "Minutes of Glory," published in his collection Secret Lives.  
James {Ngugi} wa Thiong’o (2) [AH]