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The Pearl – A Summary of John Steinbeck’s Novel

Summary by George Mulama The story begins at dawn in the house of the main character Kino. A scorpion stings the baby and the screams of the baby alert the neighbours. Kino’s family and the neighbours leave towards the doctor’s residence. On realising that Kino is from a different race, and he is poor,

BETRAYAL IN THE CITY – PLOT SUMMARY

BETRAYAL IN THE CITY The author – Francis Imbuga (1947-2013) Prof. Imbuga was born in 1947 in Vihiga county in Western Kenya. He did B.A. in Literature in the University of Nairobi and later got a Ph.D from the University of Iowa in USA. He wrote a number of books including: The fourth Trial (1973)