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An instant success and bestseller in Kenya, which ran into 6 reprints, this prize-winning novel marked the beginning of popular literature in Kenya. Mangua's novel is a fictional, autobiographical account of the son of a prostitute. The male narrator describes his life as the orphan of a prostitute in the slums of Nairobi, a young man frequenting bars and brothels, a student, corrupt civil servant and seasonal convict. His is a humorous and cynical account revealing much about the unsavoury aspects of a world experiencing rapid social change. Charles Mangua is a prolific writer of popular literature, and author of three other novels, Son of Woman in Mombasa (the sequel to Son of Woman), A Tail in the Mouth, and Kanina and I.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Son of Woman
• Author: Charles Mangua
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• EAN: 9789966465528
• ISBN: 9966465529
• ID: 13479382
• Publisher: East African Educ. Publ.
• Weight: 192 g
• Dimensions: 129 × 203 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. January 1990

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