My Traitor's HeartBodley Head, 1990 - 349 pages The author is a South African, heir to 300 years of white rule, yet at the same time a man at odds with the rockspider tyranny of his Afrikaner people, a stranger in the South Africa they have created. This is the author's exploration of the horror that lies at the core of a society gone wrong. |
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My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His ... Rian Malan Limited preview - 2012 |
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