One character in this novel is greatly affected by a photograph in a Life coffee-table book in which she is on her way home from school with Lydia, who is carrying her bag.  That character criticizes the title character for abandoning his lover Ellen, after which he takes control of the truck that had been given to another character for his 40th birthday. That character is additionally maddened by Daniel, who, after teaching the title character how to drive the truck, steals his gun while the others are gathered around a music box.  The children, Gina, Victor, and Royce, easily adjust to their
One character in this novel is greatly affected by a photograph in a Life coffee-table book in which she is on her way home from school with Lydia, who is carrying her bag.  That character criticizes the title character for abandoning his lover Ellen, after which he takes control of the truck that had been given to another character for his 40th birthday. That character is additionally maddened by Daniel, who, after teaching the title character how to drive the truck, steals his gun while the others are gathered around a music box.  The children, Gina, Victor, and Royce, easily adjust to their new life, while in the end one of their parents abandons them to run after a helicopter, hoping to escape the racial violence that originally forced the Smales family to join the village of their servant, the title character.  For 10 points name this novel set in revolution-torn South Africa by Nadine Gordimer.
One character in this novel is greatly affected by a photograph in a Life coffee-table book in which she is on her way home from school with Lydia, who is carrying her bag.  
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