White boy running
Hope, Christopher2018
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In 1987, after a 12 year absence the author returned to South Africa to report on the run-up to the country's elections. The appalling outcome of the elections led him to write this satirical portrait of what it looked and felt like growing up in a country gripped by absurd racist insanity. In the run up to the 1987 election Christopher Hope returned to his native South Africa after a twelve-year absence. The nature of that year's whites-only election and the bitter defeat of the liberals led him to write this satirical, evocative portrait of what it looked and felt like growing up in a country gripped by an absurd, racist insanity. Full of exquisite and despairing descriptions, Hope weaves together journalistic commentary and his own personal story as he encounters the bloody battles that have divided his homeland. This is a mordantly witty account of escape, displacement and disillusionment, and a modern classic of journalistic memoir.
Main title:
White boy running / Christopher Hope.
Author:
Hope, Christopher, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Atlantic Books, 2018.
Collation:
xi, 272 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Secker & Warburg, 1988.Formerly CIP. Uk
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ISBN:
9781786496423 (pbk)9781786496430 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
968.063092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
627956