Cette série suit le parcours d'un jeune garçon à travers le paysage tumultueux de l'Afrique du Sud pendant et après la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Elle dépeint de manière vivide une terre de contrastes saisissants, explorant les dynamiques sociales complexes et les tensions politiques de l'époque. Le protagoniste surmonte de profondes épreuves, trouvant des conseils auprès de mentors inattendus qui façonnent sa compréhension de la résilience et du triomphe honorable. En fin de compte, c'est une puissante histoire d'apprentissage sur le dépassement de l'adversité et la création de son propre destin.
Reissue of a novel first published in 1989, written by a South African who now lives in Australia and is a well-known advertising copywriter. The novel is set in South Africa in the 1940s and tells the story of a young boy growing up in a deeply divided and racist society. It has been made into a major motion picture, but this edition does not feature the movie on the cover. A sequel, 'Tandia', was published in 1991.
Tandia is a child of all Africa: half Indian, half African, beautiful and intelligent, she is only sixteen when she is first brutalised by the police. Her fear of the white man leads her to join the black resistance movement, where she trains as a terrorist. With her in the fight for justice is the one white man Tandia can trust, the welterweight champion of the world, Peekay. Now he must fight their common enemy in order to save both their lives.