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Betrayal

Hardback

Main Details

Title Betrayal
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Adriaan van Dis
Translated by Ina Rilke
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 222,Width 164
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780857051844
ClassificationsDewey:839.3137
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Quercus Publishing
Imprint MacLehose Press
Publication Date 1 August 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Mulder, a Dutchman, returns at last to South Africa, his memories scattered by forty years and two strokes. Once he fought to free the country from apartheid; now he finds its people asking whether years of democracy have left them any better off. The village where his friend Donald - a comrade from his Fraternite days - lives is as segregated as ever: fishermen struggle to eke out a living and kids wreck their brains with crystal meth. Tensions are high: Donald wages a campaign against the local mayor; every day the whites add inches to their perimeter fences. So when Mulder and Donald attempt to help a young tik-head get clean against his will, their muddled good intentions can only be misunderstood...

Author Biography

Adriaan Van Dis is a Dutch author with roots in what was the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). As a young man he studied Afrikaans at Amsterdam University. His novel My Father's War won a number of awards in the Netherlands and was translated into English by Ina Rilke.

Reviews

'A terrific books' Toef Jaeger, Onze Wereld. * Onze Wereld * 'His best novel to date' Frank van Dijl, De Tijd. * De Tijd * 'Hugely compelling' Jeroen Vullings, Vrij Nederland. * Vrij Nederland * 'More vivid, more profound and more humorous than could ever be captured in a thousand-word review. Adriaan van Dis's prose is scintillating' NRC Handelsblad. * NRC Handelsblad *