{"product_id":"mc-devil-on-the-cross-paperback","title":"MC: Devil on the Cross (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe great Kenyan writer's influential novel, written in prison, a cornerstone post-colonial novel offering a powerful critique of the 'Satan of capitalism' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The Devil appeared to Jacinta Wariinga one Sunday on a golf course'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten secretly while Ngugi wa Thiong'o was in prison, \u003ci\u003eDevil on the Cross\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Wariinga, a young woman who moves from a rural Kenyan town to the capital, Nairobi, only to face injustice and exploitation. As Wariinga struggles to survive, she begins to realize that her problems are only symptoms of a larger malaise. A raging satire on western culture, Ngugi's enduring work is an impassioned cry for a Kenya free from oppression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'With Ngugi history is a living tissue'\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of our century's great novels' \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ngugi wa Thiong'o","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67652863852722,"sku":"9780241826027","price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9780241826027.jpg?v=1791422153","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/mc-devil-on-the-cross-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}