Sharon O. reviewed on 11/8/2010

This is a fine, densely written novel which lends itself to several readings to get all the layers. Even the title is subject to discussion since the son is telling the story. There is the context -- South Africa during the early challenges to apartheid, and the characters -- the story teller and his family. The father is a public figure in the struggle against apartheid. In the first pages the college age son accidently encounters the father and a white woman as they come out of a theater. He tells the story of his father and the story of how the family is changed by the father's betrayal.

It is not a long novel but you can't skim it, need to read every word.

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