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Dry White Season
Andre Brink
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Description for Dry White Season
Paperback. Ben Du Toit is an ordinary, decent, harmless man whose sense of justice is outraged by the death at the hands of the police of a man knew. As Ben investigates, he finds that his curiosity becomes labelled as rebellion. The author has won South Africa's CNA award for both Afrikaans and English work. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
Ben du Toit is an ordinary, decent, harmless man, unremarkable in every way - until his sense of justice is outraged by the death of a man he has known. His friend died at the hands of the police. In the beginning it appears a straightforward matter, an unfortunate error that can be explained and put right. But as Ben investigates further he finds that his curiosity becomes labelled rebellion - and for a rebel there is no way back.
Ben du Toit is an ordinary, decent, harmless man, unremarkable in every way - until his sense of justice is outraged by the death of a man he has known. His friend died at the hands of the police. In the beginning it appears a straightforward matter, an unfortunate error that can be explained and put right. But as Ben investigates further he finds that his curiosity becomes labelled rebellion - and for a rebel there is no way back.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780749399894
SKU
V9780749399894
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About Andre Brink
Andre Brink (1935 - 2015) was one of South Africa's most prominent writers and is the author of several novels, including A Dry White Season, Imaginings of Sand, The Rights of Desire, The Other Side of Silence and Philida. He has won South Africa's most important literay prize, the CNA Award, three times and has twice been shortlisted for the ... Read more
Reviews for Dry White Season
Excellent...[a] harrowing and surprising story. The ultimate power of the book comes from an authoritative meditation on the traps that open up for someone who answers to himself before society
Scotsman
The revolt of the reasonable...far more deadly than any amount of shouting from the housetops
Guardian
Impossible to recommend too highly
Time Out
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Scotsman
The revolt of the reasonable...far more deadly than any amount of shouting from the housetops
Guardian
Impossible to recommend too highly
Time Out
... Read more