Begninning in 1949 with Afrikaner hopes dashed by the outcome of the war, this novel reveals the character and concerns of the people of South Africa and how the 20th century almost passes them by. It ends with a celebration of the first year of democracy in 1995 and an Elvis Presley competition.
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Begninning in 1949 with Afrikaner hopes dashed by the outcome of the war, this novel reveals the character and concerns of the people of South Africa and how the 20th century almost passes them by. It ends with a celebration of the first year of democracy in 1995 and an Elvis Presley competition.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0333595793. "the novel reveals the character and concerns of the people of South Africa and how the 20th century almost passes them by." 500gms weight; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 263 pages.
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London. 1997. Macmillan. 1st British Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0333595793. 263 pages. hardcover. Cover: Vanessa Dell. keywords: Literature South Africa England. FROM THE PUBLISHER-It's 1949 in the remote Karoo village of Lutherburg and old Aunt Betsy acquires a little servant girl, at a bargain price of six bars of soap. Forty-five years later, and Lutherburg, now Buckingham, has acquired a new deputy-mayor: Mimi de Bruyn. Mimi is plagued by the past and haunted by the future. Was she really that lost child sold into semi-slavery? If the new Buckingham is such an improvement on old Lutherburg-why can't she tell the difference? And why won't anyone talk to her about the old days? Into this turmoil sails Pascal Le Gros-dressed in white from head to toe; dreamer; disgraced lawyer; time-share salesman; and portly lunar presence. As Mimi and Pascal fall in love, the nation prepares to commemorate the first year of democracy and the stage is set for the most fervent celebration of the King since his Vegas comeback. But in brave new Buckingham, like the new South Africa, nothing is what it was, not even rock 'n' roll. Ex-spies prosper; a politically incorrect budgerigar gets the third degree; the community of British Israelites puts seduction before Armageddon; and violence and murder are as common as promises of paradise. Me, the Moon and Elvis Presley is a story about love, death and rock 'n' roll and about how the twentieth century passed some people by. As the novel moves back and forth between past and present, promises and politics, the new South Africa looks dangerously like the old turned upside down, and just as bitterly funny. inventory #32139.
