An act of terror: a novel set during the Apartheid era by Andre Brink

Description

A young Afrikaner is drawn into a conspiracy to assassinate the president of South Africa. The attempt fails, leaving black and white bystanders dead in its wake, and he flees consumed with grief but still convinced of the rightness of his actions. The repercussions include dissension among his family, lovers, terrorists, blacks, pursuers and expose a vicious and corrupt politicised environment. 

Year

1992 (New York ed.)

Publisher

Summit Books

Pages

834

Condition

Hard cover, dust jacket good condition. Name of previous owner on frontispage.