abstract:A Grain of Wheat is a novel by Kenyan novelist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. The novel weaves several stories together during the state of emergency in Kenya's struggle for independence (1952–1959), focusing on the quiet Mugo, whose life is ruled by a dark secret.
First, alcohol is distilled from something, and in the case of most higher-end gins it is agrain, like wheat, though theoretically it could be corn or sugarcane.