A Tail in the Mouth by Charles Mangua

Following the massive success of Son of Woman, Mangua returned with another sharp-edged satirical novel that continued his examination of post-independence Kenyan society. A Tail in the Mouth uses dark humour and satirical exaggeration to expose the hypocrisy of the new African elite — politicians, businessmen, and professionals who preach respectability while living lives of corruption, infidelity, and exploitation. Mangua's satirical voice is biting and irreverent, unafraid to say what polite society leaves unsaid. The novel's title itself is a Kenyan proverb about speaking half-truths, and the book is a sustained exploration of the gap between public performance and private reality in modern Kenyan life. An important and entertaining work of Kenyan popular literature.

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