Questa serie segue il viaggio di un giovane ragazzo attraverso il tumultuoso paesaggio del Sudafrica durante e dopo la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Ritrae vividamente una terra di forti contrasti, esplorando le complesse dinamiche sociali e le tensioni politiche dell'epoca. Il protagonista affronta profonde sfide, trovando guida in mentori inaspettati che plasmano la sua comprensione della resilienza e del trionfo onorevole. In definitiva, è una potente storia di formazione sul superamento delle avversità e sulla costruzione del proprio destino.
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.