# Petals of Blood

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- Book: [Petals of Blood](https://www.bookquiver.com/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/petals-of-blood) ([Petals of Blood.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/petals-of-blood.md))
- Authors: [Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://www.bookquiver.com/ngugi-wa-thiong-o)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4303-917-4
- Pages: 432
- Published: 2005-02-22
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

“The definitive African book of the twentieth century” (Moses Isegawa, from the Introduction) by the Nobel Prize–nominated Kenyan writer The puzzling murder of three African directors...