num_pages: 448
description: Growing up in the Nairobi of the 90s a seething boiling pot of racial tension and conflicting cultural taboos Leena and Jai are raised to believe in a Kenya full of possibility and potential. But as they come of age and venture into a world of underground activists beyond the confines of their tight-knit East Asian community and closely guarded gated compound they start to see a country divided by deep ethnic allegiances and on the brink of something very sinister. Soon Leena and Jai find themselves entangled in a shady world of crooked policemen seedy salesmen prostitutes and bohemian artists. As the city tightens its grip so begins a dangerous game of corruption and conspiracy where rebellions simmer and a tangled web of power unravels as dark forces collide and disturbing revelations surface.A powerful tale of love and politics in contemporary Nairobi Who Will Catch Us As We Fall depicts a Kenya on the cusp of change in all its complexity. Through two of the most memorable and remarkable characters in contemporary African fiction Iman Verjee has penned a moving portrait of a family torn apart by national politics and prejudice yet still painfully tethered together.
language: English
title: Who Will Catch Us As We Fall
publisher: Oneworld Publications