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Author Foulds, Adam, 1974-

Title The broken word : an epic poem of the British Empire in Kenya, and the Mau Mau uprising against it / Adam Foulds.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Penguin, 2011.
2008.

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Location Call No. Status
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  821.92 FOULDS    Check Shelf
Description 60 pages ; 20 cm.
Series Penguin poets.
Note Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2008.
Awards Costa Poetry Award, 2008.
Summary Offers a lyrical poem about Tom, a young man who gets caught up in the violent 1950s Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya protesting the British colonial control of that country.
Subject Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- Poetry.
Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960 -- Poetry.
Mau Mau -- Poetry.
Epic poetry, English.
ISBN 9780143118091
0143118099
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