A review by daveroche
To Stir the Heart: Four African Stories by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Bessie Head

The infoshop has sold off its old fiction selection when it switched to a radical library and the thrift store at 63rd and Troost is getting a little V.C. Andrews and Sue Grafton heavy, things are getting rough for used book shoppers in Kansas City. The two choices I know of are Prospero's -- which is local but is a while ago had a totally jackassy publicity stunt of holding a book burning -- and Half Priced Books. I had been relying solely on the library, but I accompanied my sister on a trip to Half Priced Books today and was lucky enough to find this. I've read the two Ngugi We Thiong'o stories elsewhere but they're totally worth reading again. The Bessie Head stories are new to me and I'm excited to get into them.

P.S. While waiting for my sister I read a third of a collection of Marmaduke comics published in 1968. Marmaduke was more of a dick back in the day.