Nairobi Noir
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Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.
Brand-new stories by: Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Stanley Gazemba, Ngumi Kibera, Peter Kimani, Winfred Kiunga, Kinyanjui Kombani, Caroline Mose, Kevin Mwachiro, Wanjiku wa Ngugi, Faith Oneya, Makena Onjerika, Troy Onyango, J.E. Sibi-Okumu, and Rasna Warah.
Praise for Nairobi Noir
"Nairobi Noir takes readers into the enigmas that haunt Kenya's most populous city through the deft storytelling of a stellar cast of writers, which includes Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Stanley Gazemba, Makena Onjerika, Troy Onyango, and others." —Brittle Paper, One of 50 Notable African Books of 2020
"Nairobi is a city of 3 million souls, so it makes sense as a setting Akashic Books' famed noir series. 14 new stories fill a collection with Nairobi old and new; authors range in age from 24 to 81, and many layers of the city and its complex subcultures will be revealed as the reader makes their way through. Perfect for the armchair traveler!" —CrimeReads, included in CrimeReads' Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020
"Crime fiction fans have much to savor." —Publishers Weekly
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Peter Kimani. (2020). Nairobi Noir. Akashic Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Peter Kimani. 2020. Nairobi Noir. Akashic Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Peter Kimani, Nairobi Noir. Akashic Books, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Peter Kimani. Nairobi Noir. Akashic Books, 2020.
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Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.
Brand-new stories by: Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Stanley Gazemba, Ngumi Kibera, Peter Kimani, Winfred Kiunga, Kinyanjui Kombani, Caroline Mose, Kevin Mwachiro, Wanjiku wa Ngugi, Faith Oneya, Makena Onjerika, Troy Onyango, J.E. Sibi-Okumu, and Rasna Warah.
Praise for Nairobi Noir
"Nairobi Noir takes readers into the enigmas that haunt Kenya's most populous city through the deft storytelling of a stellar cast of writers, which includes Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Stanley Gazemba, Makena Onjerika, Troy Onyango, and others." —Brittle Paper, One of 50 Notable African Books of 2020
"Nairobi is a city of 3 million souls, so it makes sense as a setting Akashic Books' famed noir series. 14 new stories fill a collection with Nairobi old and new; authors range in age from 24 to 81, and many layers of the city and its complex subcultures will be revealed as the reader makes their way through. Perfect for the armchair traveler!" —CrimeReads, included in CrimeReads' Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020
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- content: A fascinating part of Kenya's history, real and imagined, is revealed and reclaimed by one of its own."
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December 2, 2019
Racial, religious, and class divides are acutely observed in the 14 new stories from Kenyan writers in this decent Akashic noir anthology. In the introduction, Kimani (Dance of the Jakaranda) describes the multicultural, “segregated city” of Nairobi as a “concrete jungle” occupied by “the hunters and the herders and the hunted.” Throughout the volume, where emphasis is placed on inequality and injustice, government corruption and police brutality are ever-present. Winfred Kiunga explores these themes to good effect in the memorably grim “She Dug Two Graves,” in which a grieving woman of Somali heritage seeks vengeance on the deputy police commissioner for her brother’s murder. Rasna Warah’s moving psychological drama, “Have Another Roti,” about bribery and exploitation of the immigration lottery, also focuses on Somali refugees. Other noteworthy stories include Caroline Mose’s gripping “Plot Ten,” in which a police officer is implicitly responsible for a girl’s death, and Ngumi Kibera’s satirical “The Night Beat,” centering on crooked policemen. Though quality varies and not all selections are indeed noir, crime fiction fans will find much to savor.
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Fourteen new crime stories set in Kenya's capital and largest city. The teeming diversity of Nairobi, a metropolis of more than 3 million people, is reflected in this anthology, illustrated by a map of the city that shows a different neighborhood location for each story, the neighborhood's name mischievously overlaying the white silhouette of a corpse. The highlights are as diverse as the city itself. In Winfred Kiunga's "She Dug Two Graves," a young woman with a bright future sets out with a vengeance to solve the devastating murder of her brother. Faith Oneya's "Say You Are Not My Son" traces the bizarre aftermath of the "sewer volcano" that erupts in a squalid neighborhood. Rasna Warah chronicles the psychiatric visits of a distressed United Nations worker in the twisty "Have Another Roti." Music figures prominently in several of the stories: "The Hermit in the Helmet," by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, features many hymns in its saga of an educated man driven to irrational extremes by the perceived power of the title headgear. J.E. Sibi-Okumu deconstructs the anatomy of a robbery in piercing detail in "Belonging." The collection ends with the most traditionally noir story, Ngumi Kibera's "The Night Beat," a gritty procedural centering on military police. There are also stories by Kevin Mwachiro, Kinyanjui Kombani, Troy Onyango, Makena Onjerika, Peter Kimani, Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ, Caroline Mose, and Stanley Gazemba. The latest in Akashic's long-running series runs the gamut in style, introducing a generous assortment of new writers.COPYRIGHT(2019) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Brand-new stories by: Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Stanley Gazemba, Ngumi Kibera, Peter Kimani, Winfred Kiunga, Kinyanjui Kombani, Caroline Mose, Kevin Mwachiro, Wanjiku wa Ngugi, Faith Oneya, Makena Onjerika, Troy Onyango, J.E. Sibi-Okumu, and Rasna Warah.
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