In this author's most famous novel, a woman who shelters the protagonist risks jail time by selling a type of beer which has been banned. In middle age, he moved to Jamaica, which is the setting for his novel about a black nationalist party, This Island Now. One of his novels includes the character Tom Lanwood, who is a fictionalized version of George Padmore. That novel, whose title character returns from exile in London to rule an African country, is called A Wreath for Udomo. He also fictionalized the Great Trek in his novel Wild Conquest, and his autobiographical works include Tell Freedom and Return to Goli. In his major work, Paddy O'Shea befriends the protagonist, and they lead a stri
In this author's most famous novel, a woman who shelters the protagonist risks jail time by selling a type of beer which has been banned. In middle age, he moved to Jamaica, which is the setting for his novel about a black nationalist party, This Island Now. One of his novels includes the character Tom Lanwood, who is a fictionalized version of George Padmore. That novel, whose title character returns from exile in London to rule an African country, is called A Wreath for Udomo. He also fictionalized the Great Trek in his novel Wild Conquest, and his autobiographical works include Tell Freedom and Return to Goli. In his major work, Paddy O'Shea befriends the protagonist, and they lead a strike together after a fatal mining accident. In that novel, Leah's niece Eliza rejects the protagonist, Xuma, because he is black. For 10 points, name this South African novelist of Mine Boy.
In this author's most famous novel, a woman who shelters the protagonist risks jail time by selling a type of beer which has been banned.
Peter Abrahams