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      A Grain of Wheat

      by Abdulrazak Gurnah
      Published
      Jun 2012
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      Literary Literary
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      272
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      Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency. At the center of it all is the reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret. As we learn of the villagers' tangled histories in a narrative interwoven with myth and peppered with allusions to real-life leaders, including Jomo Kenyatta, a masterly story unfolds, one in which compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed, and loves are tested.

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      General Fiction

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      Historical Literary

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      First Edition Jun 2012 Penguin ISBN 0143106767
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      Jun 2012 -- Not Selected ISBN B0072NZZVC
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