Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o by wa Thiong'o, Ngugi

Available from Nook & Cranny Books when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

A landmark of postcolonial African literature, Wizard of the Crow is an ambitious, magisterial, comic novel from the acclaimed Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and critic. “ Wizard of the Crow is first and foremost a great, spellbinding tale, probably the crowning glory of Ngugi’s life’s work. . . . He has turned the power of storytelling into a weapon against totalitarianism.” — The Washington Post Book World Set in the fictional Free Republic of Aburiria, Wizard of the Crow dramatizes with c