The vendor
By: Waithaka Waihenya
Series: Contemporary African literature
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Nairobi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780195736984
Description: "Ngaruwe, a reserved, unapologetic and fiercely independent newspaper vendor is at home in the squalid conditions of a sprawling city slum. His childhood nemesis, Adrian Gachomo, a venal man who never saw a boot he did not want to lick, is a big shot with business interests that bestride the city economy like a colossus. When the two cross swords, neither the blue chip companies in the city nor the shadowy organized criminal gangs can survive the whirlwind that ensues"--Page 4 of cover.