The Whorehouse is a fictional book set in Nairobi city. It revolves around the night life in Nairobi, describing the events of a strip club. The story dwells around the owner of the club, Ngari and his wife. Both lead different lives as the wife is a staunch religious while Ngari is a nonbeliever. There is a lot of drama involving all characters in the book, including the women of the strip joint and the men they serve.
When you go to bed, the whorehouse wakes up; when you rise in the morning, the whorehouse goes to bed. The gentlemen of the whorehouse have no place that they want to go home to; the ladies of the whorehouse call it home, at least for now. But what happens when the events of the night are exposed to the light of the day?
1 review for The Whorehouse by Njoki Kamande
Doreen –
Set in present-day Africa (Kenya?), this book is about your average whorehouse, though the name over the door says “Bar and Grill.”
The first ten “employees” who show up to the whorehouse for work each afternoon (it’s open all night) get the opportunity to pole dance to make some extra money. The rest have to hustle whatever they can from whatever customers come that night.
In this book, there is a suicide (or is it?), there is a murder (plus burying the body), and there is a catfight, with blood, between two of the women over the attention of Ngazi, the owner (a very unpleasant person). Ngazi attempts to rekindle his relationship with Teresa, his estranged wife. Ultimately, things do not end well.
Set in a different part of the world, this is a very good story. There is enough raw grittiness of life for anyone. This will keep the readers’ attention, and easily gets three stars, maybe even four-and-a-half stars.