Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary

Memoirs #4

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

232 pages first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The international outcry over the detention of Ngugi Wa Thiong'o without trial by the Kenyan authorities even reached him in prison. In this book he describes the purposeful degradation and humiliation of prison life.

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Moods

informative 75%
reflective 75%
sad 75%
challenging 50%
dark 50%
emotional 50%
inspiring 25%
tense 25%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 50%

Average rating

3.88

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