For 10 points, name this novel about the aftermath of the Kenyan Emergency, by Ngugi wa Thiong'o.
One character in this novel carefully carves a new handle for a panga for the woman he is trying to win. Another character in this novel has an affair with a fat alcoholic meteorologist who commits suicide by driving his car in front of an oncoming train. Besides that affair between Margery and Dr. Van Dyke, another romantic relationship in this novel begins after two characters purposely fail to catch up with a train. The male half of that couple breaks his arm during the long distance (*) running race at the end of this novel. In this novel, a person who led a hunger strike at Rira Camp is lionized by General R. and other members of "The Movement", who plan to murder Karanja. At the Uhuru celebrations in this novel, Mugo, admits that it was he who betrayed the resistance leader Kihika. For 10 points, name this novel about the aftermath of the Kenyan Emergency, by Ngugi wa Thiong'o.
One character in this novel carefully carves a new handle for a panga for the woman he is trying to win.
A Grain of Wheat