This fictionalized, first-person biography tells how a cunning rogue with nothing to lose relies on his guts and wits to survive amid racism and injustice in apartheid South Africa.
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This fictionalized, first-person biography tells how a cunning rogue with nothing to lose relies on his guts and wits to survive amid racism and injustice in apartheid South Africa.
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Very Good. 191pp. South Africa picaresque novel by a "one-legged, unemployed, black ex-convict with an incriminating pass book" (blurb) in apartheid South Africa. Black boards with bright gfitl titles in worn, chipped and torn dustjacket. Economist and author Raphie Kaplinsky'ws copy, with his signature. CB10.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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New York. 1970. Dutton. 1st American Edition. Very Good. No Dustjacket. Preface by Nadine Gordimer. Edited by Barney Simon. 190 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature South Africa. FROM THE PUBLISHER-The autobiographical novel of an outcast in a society of outcasts, a black thief in apartheid South Africa. Dugmore Boetie was a thief, a convict, a jazz musician, and a con man extraordinaire, whose cynical agility sustains him in the face of brutal confinements, queues of forced labor, and constant white harassment. Bitter but never down for long, Boetie outwits and is usually outruns his victims. Dugmore Boetie was the discovery of Barney Simon, editor of a South African literary magazine, who urged the crippled, ill, but unregenerate transgressor to write his autobiography. inventory #13362.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.