NGUGI WA TIONG'O- Wizard of the Crow (2006) 1st Edition. 1st Printing / Hardcover [NOVEL]

Wizard of the Crow
by Ngugi wa Thiong'o.

Pantheon Books, NY. Octavo (24.5cm.) 2006. 1st American Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth spine over white paper-covered boards, Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $30.00) with mild soiling, still about Near Fine. 768 pages. A translation from Gikuyu.

From the exiled Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and literary critic--a magisterial comic novel that is certain to take its place as a landmark of postcolonial African literature-

Commencing in “our times” and set in the “Free Republic of Aburĩria,” the novel dramatizes with corrosive humor and keenness of observation a battle for control of the souls of the Aburĩrian people. Among the contenders: His High Mighty Excellency; the eponymous Wizard, an avatar of folklore and wisdom; the corrupt Christian Ministry; and the nefarious Global Bank. Fashioning the stories of the powerful and the ordinary into a dazzling mosaic, Wizard of the Crow reveals humanity in all its endlessly surprising complexity.