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Books set in Nairobi

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10 books · 8 authors · 1973–2014

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10 books here
Most-set authors
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (2) · Meja Mwangi (2) · Mukoma wa Ngũgĩ (1) · Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (1) · Abdulrazak Gurnah (1) · Mukoma wa Ngugi (1)
Genres
literary fiction (8) · mystery & crime (2)

Books set here

Set in Nairobi (6)

Black Star Nairobi
Mukoma wa Ngũgĩ
post-election violence backdrop
Devil on the Cross
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Wariinga exploited in capital
Nairobi Heat
Mukoma wa Ngugi
detective thriller city setting
The Constant Gardener
John le Carré
British High Commission base
Going Down River Road
Meja Mwangi
gritty downtown setting
Kill Me Quick
Meja Mwangi
street-level Nairobi survival

Also featuring Nairobi (4)

Dust
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
opening post-election violence
Memory of Departure
Abdulrazak Gurnah
protagonist escapes to capital
Petals of Blood
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
characters journey to capital
The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
M.G. Vassanji
family relocates after independence

Notable locations in Nairobi

River Road1River Road area, Nairobi1

Nearby books

In a Strange Room
Damon Galgut
0 km · East Africa
Going Down River Road
Meja Mwangi
1 km · River Road
Kill Me Quick
Meja Mwangi
1 km · River Road area, Nairobi
A Grain of Wheat
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
28 km · Limuru
Weep Not, Child
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
29 km · Kiambu County
The River Between
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
33 km · Honia River valley