- Politics and government, Rape victims, Racially mixed people, Gender identity
"The last time Silas Ali encountered the Lieutenant, Silas was locked in the back of a police van and the Lieutenant was conducting a vicious assault on Lydia, his wife. When Silas sees him again, by chance, crimes from the past erupt into the present, splintering the Ali's fragile family life."
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- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Achmat Dangor
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 281
- Publisher
- HarperPerennial, Atlantic, Black Cat
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780006393719
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