Category: LITERARY FICTION
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The Samaritan book by John Lara
KShs860.00Add to cartThe Samaritan tells the story of two students in maracas municipality who develop a mobile App called The Samaritan-an online platform for whistleblowing as well as sharing ideas and information enhancing public welfare.Soon,the App is flooded with damning information about the unparalleled corruption,malfeasance,and political capture perpetrated by Maracas municipal leader.
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Whistleblower book by Samuel Wachira
KShs1,150.00Add to cartAfter an election in a certain country, certain crimes are committed. There is a killer on the rampage, wiping out any evidence and making sure that the truth stays buried. Then there is a big man who is standing on the way to justice, suffocating the efforts of a brave man whose only desire is to unravel the mystery and serve Justice to the citizenry.
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Freshwater book by Akwaeke Emezi (Author)
KShs1,690.00Add to cartOne of the most highly praised novels of the year, the debut from an astonishing young writer, Freshwater tells the story of Ada, an unusual child who is a source of deep concern to her southern Nigerian family. Young Ada is troubled, prone to violent fits. Born “with one foot on the other side,” she begins to develop separate selves within her as she grows into adulthood.
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Notes on Grief book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
KShs1,290.00Add to cartGrief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language.
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The Trouble with Nigeria book by Chinua Achebe (Author)
KShs960.00Add to cartThe only trouble with Nigeria is the failure of leadership, because with good leaders Nigeria could resolve its inherent problems such as tribalism; lack of patriotism; social injustice and the cult of mediocrity; indiscipline; and corruption.
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The herdsman’s daughter book by Bernard Chahilu (Author)
KShs960.00Add to cartRebecca deceives herself that she is a sophisticated modern woman. Her story is a portrait of her evolution in a society standing on the threshold of change. She desperately seeks self-discovery in a society often suspicious of and sometimes outrightly hostile towards a girl who enjoys the benefits of modern western education, perceiving her as spoilt and a bad influence on the younger generation. Yet elements of this very society do not hesitate to take advantage of her youthful naivety.
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Prettyboy, Beware book by Barbara Kimenye (Author), Dessalegn Rahmato (Author)
KShs960.00Add to cartMatthew is nicknamed “Prettyboy”, forced by circumstances to leave his shanty home to live with well-off family friends at the coast in Kenya. Life at the coastal town bustles with fast living, excitement, hopes, fears, danger, and illusions of the good life. But behind all this, tragedy lurks. The novel is one of a series developed to advance written and spoken English amongst lower secondary school students.
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Before the Rooster Crows book by Peter Kimani (Author)
KShs960.00Add to cartThis is the story of Muriuki, a young man from a Kenyan village who leaves him home and back-breaking job on a coffee plantation for the city, to pursue wealth, and happiness with his childhood sweetheart Mumbi. But life is not straightforward for the young lovers who become steeped in the quagmire of Kenyan politics
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VERDICT OF DEATH book by ONDUKO BW’ATEBE (Author)
KShs960.00Add to cartThe Verdict of Death follows Morii a Purser, who gets framed by his colleague Mutua for theft and is sentenced to eighteen months in prison. He goes through the harshest of conditions in a Kenyan prison and all one can ask is, does he have hope? Will he make it out alive and get back at Mutua?
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My Heart on Trial book by F.M.Genga- Idowu (author)
KShs960.00Add to cartA novel from a woman writer, set against a backdrop of a rich but dying Kenyan culture. The story tells of secret burdens, moral decay and political callousness – both a work of fiction, and a challenge to society to face up to itself.
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THE MISSING LINKS book by Tobias O. Otieno
KShs960.00Add to cartThe events of this novel are played out against a background of tension and contradiction between the rural and urban experience, squalor and affluence, reality and superstition. Nyakane, a high- school student in Nairobi, falls pregnant and is forced to return to Odendo, village of her husband’s forefathers.
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Girls at War and Other Stories book by Chinua Achebe
KShs960.00Add to cartIn this collection of stories, Chinua Achebe takes us inside the heart and soul of a people whose pride and ideals must compete with the simple struggle to survive. Hailed by critics everywhere, Chinua Achebe’s fiction re-creates with energy and authenticity the major issues of daily life in Africa.
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Devil on the Cross book by Ngugi wa Thiong’o (Author), Chinua Achebe (Series Editor), Namwali Serpell
KShs960.00Add to cartAn impassioned cry for a Kenya free of dictatorship and for African writers to work in their own local dialects, Devil on the Cross has had a profound influence on Africa and on post-colonial African literature.
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Secret Lives and Other Stories book by Ngugi wa Thiong’o (Author)
KShs960.00Add to cart“…the stories in this collection form my creative autobiography over the last twelve years and touch on ideas and moods affecting me over the same period. My writing is really an attempt to understand myself and my situation in society and in history.”