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2001 Nominated

Doomsday

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Having failed to achieve his imperial grand scheme nearer home, Saddam Hussein has decided that there are other ways to make his presence felt. The first target is the American Embassy in Anyisa, a country choking in the contradiction of its own systems.

At the heart of it is Ismail, who finds easy allies in the ambitions, wily but gullible money maniac Albert Lukulo, failed presidential candidate and gun-runner and his band of disenchanted Wasimba sect die-hards. Suddenly the Anyisans are caught up in an international power game that has little respect for the life of man, woman or child.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Wahome
Mutahi

Wahome Mutahi (24 October 1954 – 22 July 2003) was a Kenyan humorist, satirist, playwright, novelist, and journalist who rose to prominence under the pen name “Whispers,” through which he authored a weekly column of the same name in the Sunday Nation from 1982 until his death.

Wahome Mutahi (24 October 1954 – 22 July 2003) was a Kenyan humorist, satirist, playwright, novelist, and journalist who rose to prominence under the pen name “Whispers,” through which he authored a weekly column of the same name in the Sunday Nation from 1982 until his death.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Kenya
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Focus Publications

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