{"product_id":"devil-on-the-cross","title":"Devil on the Cross","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\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'One of our century's great novels' \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Devil on the Cross","offer_id":50833160798405,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/devil-on-the-cross","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}