{"product_id":"9780241826027","title":"Devil on the Cross","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  wa Thiong'o, Ngugi \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 22 October 2026 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Modern Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e195 x 127 x 23 | 254g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe great Kenyan writer's influential novel, written in prison, a cornerstone post-colonial novel offering a powerful critique of the 'Satan of capitalism'  ‘The Devil appeared to Jacinta Wariinga one Sunday on a golf course’Written secretly while Ngugi wa Thiong’o was in prison, Devil on the Cross 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' Guardian‘One of our century's great novels’ Tribune\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55713666531704,"sku":"9780241826027","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780241826027","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}