The Man Died: Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka [Signed]

London: Rex Collings, 1972. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (23.75cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-315,[5]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Spine ends gently nudged, with the barest hint of foxing to text edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £3.50 net), edgeworn, with several tiny tears, some mild surface wear, and some corresponding wear along the upper edge; Very Good+.

A major work by the Nigerian Nobel Prize-winning author and playwright, documenting his time spent in prison. "Wole Soyinka was arrested at the beginning of the Nigeria Civil War by the Federal Authorities; but was neither formally charged nor brought to trial. This book is the story of his imprisonment. It records his arrest and iterrogation, the efforts to break him and to incriminate him, and the effects that these had on his mind and thinking" (from front flap). Uncommon signed. 85347. (Inventory #: 85347)