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Sam Jameson, eight years old at the time of his father George's death, decides, some forty years later, to go through the box of his father's papers which his mother had passed on to him. In trying to piece together the life of a parent he never really knew, Sam discovers a sensitive, inherently kind but insecure man. George has seemingly spent his working life as a native commissioner conscientiously carrying out his duties, but has never quite been able to come to terms with the white man's place in Africa. As his doubts deepen he is overwhelmed by despair.
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'A welcome step toward the reconstitution of the South African past in all its moral and political complexity' -- J.M. Coetzee
'Our past is fascinatingly unpacked . . . Penetrating fiction like this doesn't give answers, it invites questions' -- Nadime Gordimer
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'Our past is fascinatingly unpacked . . . Penetrating fiction like this doesn't give answers, it invites questions' -- Nadime Gordimer
Shaun Johnson worked as a journalist for many years, launching South Africa's Sunday Independent and becoming MD of Independent Newspapers in South Africa, before accepting the role of CEO for the Mandela Rhodes Foundation. The Native Commissioner is his first novel. He lives in Cape Town.
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- PublisherPenguin, London UK
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0143025430
- ISBN 13 9780143025436
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