Nairobi & London: Heinemann, (1986). A title in the African Writers Series under the editorship of Chinua Achebe, originally published in 1967. Novel about Kenya on the verge of independence, recently named as one of the 12 best African books of the 20th century by a panel of 16 African scholars at the Zimbabwe International Book Fair. Many feel that Ngugi wa Thiong'o should have received the Nobel Prize for literature. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-435-900366.