Name: Wizard of the Crow

Set in the fictional Free Republic of Aburiria, Wizard of the Crow dramatises with searing humour and piercing observation a battle for control of the souls of the Aburirian people. Fashioning the stories of the powerful and the ordinary into a dazzling mosaic, Ngugi wa Thiog'o reveals humanity in all its surprising intricacy.

Informed by richly enigmatic traditional African storytelling, Wizard of the Crow is a masterpiece and a major achievement in Ngugi wa Thiong'o's extraordinary and brave career.

A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Weep Not, Child by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Petals of Blood by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Something of Value by Robert Ruark

The River Between by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Rules of the Wild by Francesca Marciano

Red strangers by Elspeth Huxley

Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta

A Story Like The Wind by Laurens Van Der Post

Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono

A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe

Horn of Africa by Philip Caputo

The Palm-Wine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Amos Tutuola

Songs of Enchantment by Ben Okri

Little, Big by John Crowley

Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris

Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King

The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman

Swamplandia! by Karen Russell