Review:
“Karoo Boy is told in the voice of a spectacularly young male protagonist, who in his own way is as captivating and memorable as Holden Caulfield.” —John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
“A beautifully evocative coming-of-age story.” —Bryce Courtenay, author of The Power of One
“The most colorful book I have ever read.” —Chris Martin, Coldplay “A sunburst of a novel, Blacklaws’ coming-of-age story, set in 1970s South Africa, sparkles with a small boy’s wonderment.” —Vanity Fair
From the Author:
Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country was the novel that stirred me to write of Africa. I still hear Mister Slater’s resonant, textured voice reading from the novel all those years ago in Paarl Boys’ High, while I stared out the window and dreamt of being a writer.
I wrote Karoo Boy partly as a reply to Disgrace, as I found Coetzee's South Africa relentlessly bleak. I have not shied away from violence and cruelty, but have focused on a sensuous, filmic evocation of South Africa, ending on a note of hope.
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