In the House of the Interpreter

National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • In the House of the Interpreter hauntingly describes the formative experiences of a young man who would become a world-class writer and, as a political dissident, a moral compass to us all “Brilliant and essential. . . . A work of understated and heartfelt prose that relates one man’s intimate view of the epic cultural and political shifts that created modern Africa.” — Los Angeles Times Renowned novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ngũgĩ