{"product_id":"9781784702243","title":"Wrestling with the Devil : A Prison Memoir by Ngugi wa Thiong'o","description":"Ngugi wa Thiong'o's powerful prison memoir begins half an hour before his release on 12 December 1978.   A year earlier, he recalls, armed police arrived at his home and took him to Kenya's Kamiti Maximum Security Prison. There, Ngugi lives in a block alongside other political prisoners, but he refuses to give in to the humiliation. He decides to write a novel in secret, on toilet paper - it is a book that will become his classic, Devil on the Cross.   Wrestling with the Devil is Ngugi's unforgettable account of the drama and challenges of living under twenty-four-hour surveillance. He captures not only the pain caused by his isolation from his family, but also the spirit of defiance and the imaginative endeavours that allowed him to survive.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56304675520885,"sku":"9781784702243","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781784702243.jpg?v=1762796302","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781784702243","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}