The Big Chiefs: Poor Man's Hell

Meja Mwangi

Hm Books

KILL ME QUICK narrates the experiences of Meja and Maina, two youths who have come to the city with the hope of bettering their lives, confident that their high school diplomas will lead to success. However, they are unable to compete for jobs in the city and, ultimately, they resort to petty theft and crime, and being exploited by employers. They end up in the backstreets, where they thrive among the strays and the homeless. Brutally separated by circumstances, they turn to crime and meet years later behind bars.  This young adult novel displays Mwangi's talent for writing lively stories depicting rural youth and societal problems in Kenya.

Kill Me Quick

Literature & Fiction

World Literature

Ben is a man on the move – in bars, in night clubs and in seedy pubs down Nairobi’s River Road, where he meets Wini, a single mother trying to make it in the big city. They live together as man and wife until Wini escapes abroad with her employer leaving him the burden of bringing up her baby son.  When Ben joins up with Ocholla, his bar-crawling, construction-site friend, life goes from strange to bizarre.  Mwangi’s treatment of the serious situation makes and unforgettable impact.  MEJA MWANGI, the acclaimed author of “Going Down River Road”, "The Cockroach Dance" and “Kill Me Quick”, is an eclectic writer whose fascination with stories has created such varied works as “Bush Doctor”, “Crossroads”, “Carcase for Hounds”, “Rafiki” and “Christmas Without Tusker” among others.

Going Down River Road

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The Big Chiefs: Poor Man's Hell

Kill Me Quick

Going Down River Road