Isbn: 9781925228366 - Trencherman (1 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A powerful contemporary retelling ofHeart of Darkness. One rainy night in Australia, Marlouws sister phones with the request that he fetch her son from that bloody country. AndMarlouw, with his club foot and hardened spirit, believes it is his fate to carry out this instruction. Drenched in sweat after an ominous flight, his exodus takes him through a South Africa where poverty is rife,infrastructure has collapsed, AIDshas become widespread, and corruption reigns. He is told:the whites whove stayed on, staybecause theyre not able toleave. Yet still he journeys deeper into the unknown past the suffering massesalongside the road to the outer darkness of the rural areas. There are rumours that Koert is on the old family farm, now in the possession of the family's former workers. That there, guarded andisolated, he has built himself a powerful empire as the King of Meat. Here, on Ouplaas, at the end of Marlouws terrible journey,the heart of terror is cut open . The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…