This author used the word for an Eastern Orthodox hymn in the title of a novel dedicated to his wife after her death. In addition to Kontakion for You Departed, he wrote about a man who is convicted using a seashell as evidence of a tryst. Sophie narrates that novel about her policeman nephew, which begins "Perhaps I could 
This author used the word for an Eastern Orthodox hymn in the title of a novel dedicated to his wife after her death. In addition to Kontakion for You Departed, he wrote about a man who is convicted using a seashell as evidence of a tryst. Sophie narrates that novel about her policeman nephew, which begins "Perhaps I could have saved him." In his most famous novel, the main character receives assistance from Mrs. Lithebe and Theophilus Msimangu and that novel centers around a priest who ventures into the city to find his sister Gertrude and son Absalom. For 10 points, name this South African author who depicted complex race relations in Too Late the Phalarope  and Cry, the Beloved Country.
This author used the word for an Eastern Orthodox hymn in the title of a novel dedicated to his wife after her death.
Alan (Stewart) Paton