The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this fervent, hard-hitting novel about disillusionment in independent Kenya. A deceptively simple tale, Petals of Blood is on the surface a suspenseful investigation of a spectacular triple murder in upcountry Kenya. Yet as the intertwined stories of the four suspects unfold, a devastating picture emerges of a modern third-world nation whose frustrated people feel their leaders have failed them time after time. First published in 1977, this novel was so explosive that its author was imprisoned without charges by the Kenyan government. His incarceration was so shocking that newspapers around the world called attention to the case, and protests were raised by human- rights groups, scholars, and writers, including James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Donald Barthelme, Harold Pinter, and Margaret Drabble.
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Hardback Editions
1985 : Hardback
| Title: Petals Of Blood: Author(s): Ngugi Wa Thiong"o Publisher: Heinemann 1985: Availability: Amazon More details... |
1978 : Hardback
| Title: PETALS OF BLOOD. Author(s): Ngugi wa Thiong'o Publisher: New York, Dutton [ Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
February 2005 : Paperback
| Title: Petals of Blood Author(s): Ngugi wa Thiong'o ISBN: 0-14-303917-2 / 978-0-14-303917-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Classics Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2002 : Paperback
| Title: Petals of Blood (Penguin Modern Classics) Author(s): Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Moses Isegawa ISBN: 0-14-118702-6 / 978-0-14-118702-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Classics Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
October 1991 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Petals of Blood Author(s): Ngugi Wa Thiong'O, Ngugi W. Thiong'o, Ngguggi ISBN: 0-14-015351-9 / 978-0-14-015351-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
1989 : Paperback
| Title: Petals of Blood Author(s): Ngugi Wa Thiong'o ISBN: 0-949932-27-2 / 978-0-949932-27-3 (Zimbabwe (English) edition) Publisher: Zimbabwe Publishing House Availability: Amazon More details... |
September 1986 : Paperback
| Title: Petals of Blood (African Writers Series) Author(s): Wa Thiong'o Ngugi ISBN: 0-435-90834-0 / 978-0-435-90834-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Heinemann International Literature & Textbooks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 1982 : Paperback
| Title: Petals of Blood Author(s): Wa Thiong'o Ngugi ISBN: 0-908396-85-6 / 978-0-908396-85-6 (South Africa edition) Publisher: David Philip, Publishers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 1978 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Thiong'O Ngugi WA : Petals of Blood (Pbk) Author(s): Ngugi Wa Thiong'O, Ngugi W Thiong'o ISBN: 0-525-48235-0 / 978-0-525-48235-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 1978 : Paperback
| Title: Petals of Blood Author(s): Thiong'O Ngugi-Wa ISBN: 0-525-04195-8 / 978-0-525-04195-5 (USA edition) Publisher: E P Dutton Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA WorldCat More details... |
June 1977 : Paperback
| Title: Petals of Blood (Heinemann African Writers Series) Author(s): Wa Thiong'o Ngugi ISBN: 0-435-90188-5 / 978-0-435-90188-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Heinemann Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
2005 : Unknown
| Title: Petals of Blood Author(s): Ngugi.wa Thiong'o Publisher: Penguin USA Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
1978 : Unknown
| Title: Petals of blood Author(s): Ngugi wa Thiongo ISBN: 0-525-17828-7 / 978-0-525-17828-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Dutton Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
1978 : Unknown
| Title: Petals of Blood Author(s): Ngugi.wa Thiong'o Publisher: E.P. Dutton Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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