{"product_id":"9781784702243-wrestling-with-the-devil","title":"Wrestling with the Devil","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Prison Memoir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNgugi wa Thiong’o’s powerful prison memoir begins half an hour before his release on 12 December 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNgugi wa Thiong’o’s powerful prison memoir begins half an hour before his release on 12 December 1978.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA year earlier, he recalls, armed police arrived at his home and took him to Kenya’s Kamiti Maximum Security Prison. There, Ngugi lives in a block alongside other political prisoners, but he refuses to give in to the humiliation. He decides to write a novel in secret, on toilet paper – it is a book that will become his classic, \u003ci\u003eDevil on the Cross\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWrestling with the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e is Ngugi’s unforgettable account of the drama and challenges of living under twenty-four-hour surveillance. He captures not only the pain caused by his isolation from his family, but also the spirit of defiance and the imaginative endeavours that allowed him to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30341026152545,"sku":"9781784702243","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32223268.jpg?v=1737103168","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781784702243-wrestling-with-the-devil","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}