When the whirlwind passes
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‘Alex Nderitu is one of a handful of young, brilliant writers to come off the Kenyan terrain in the recent past. His books (hoping there will be many more)…are pure commercial escapism, and brilliantly written at that…The story is fast-paced and the characters are built well. This is a book that is guaranteed to keep you seated...If you can access the book, please do. It will be worth the energy.’ - Wayua Muli, Daily Nation
Maggie's encounter with Michael Othaya, the young heir to a multi-billion-shilling fashion empire, marked the beginning of a cataclysmic cycle of events that would involve sex, manipulation, conspiracy and first-degree murder. To be sure, the Sultans of Fashion had had their fair share of scandals and intrigues in the past. Overly ambitious and genetically predisposed towards greed, the rich and famous Othayas were no strangers to controversy. But it wasn't until Michael and Maggie - a laundry woman's daughter - started romancing that the feuding family's civil war reached its climax.
Easily digested and written with a handle on humour, When the Whirlwind Passes is doubtless one of the best crime novels to ever come out of Africa.
'Brilliantly written...The story is fast-paced and the characters are built well. This is a book that is guaranteed to keep you seated ... If you can access the book, please do. It will be worth the energy.' - Saturday Magazine.
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Alexander Nderitu is a Kenyan poet, novelist, playwright and critic. In 2001, he published his first novel, When the Whirlwind Passes, online. It is regarded as Africa’s first purely ‘digital novel’. He has since published three more books: The Moon is Made of Green Cheese (2008), Kiss Commander Promise (2021), and The Talking of Trees (2021).
Nderitu’s short stories, articles and poems have been published in The East African Standard, Publishing Perspectives, Hjänstorm, Ars Artium, IFLAC Peace and Anti-Terror Anthology, Commonwealth Poetry Postcards, My Africa, My City: An Afridiaspora Anthology, AwaaZ, World Poetry Almanac, One Million Project: Thriller Anthology, AfricanWriter.com, Agbowó, SETU and IHRAF Publishes, among other journals and publications. Some of his writings have been translated into Japanese, Arabic, Chinese, Swedish, French, Dholuo, and Kiswahili.
In 2014, his narrative poem 'Someone in Africa Loves You' represented Kenyan literature on Commonwealth Postcards distributed during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2017, Business Daily newspaper listed him amongst Kenya's 'Top 40 Under 40 Men'. In 2020, he was a finalist for the Collins Elesiro Literature Prize. In 2021, his play Freedom Corner was a co-winner of the IHRAF Africa Playwriting Competition.
Nderitu is currently the Deputy Secretary-General of Kenyan PEN and a Regional Managing Editor for the global theatre news portal, TheTheatreTimes.com. His official website is www.AlexanderNderitu.com
