New York: Pantheon, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the exiled Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and literary critic--"A magisterial comic novel that is certain to take its place as a landmark of postcolonial African literature" by this exiled Kenyan writer. "Commencing in 'our times' and set in the 'Free Republic of Aburlria,' the novel dramatizes with corrosive humor and keenness of observation a battle for control of the souls of the Aburlrian people." Translated from the Gikuyu by the author. 766 pp. ISBN: 0-37542248X.