In a related essay written prior to this book's publication, the author asked "Who is really to blam
In a related essay written prior to this book's publication, the author asked "Who is really to blame for the crime wave" in his native country. One of the main characters, an alter-ego of the author and the politician Jan Hofmeyr, admires Abraham Lincoln: his father, James, is inspired to help a poor village after reading the Second Inaugural Address and the Gettysburg Address. Msimangu, the friend of the other main character, helps him to find his prostitute sister Gertrude, as well as his son, Absalom, who is in prison for the murder of the white aid worker Arthur Jarvis. For ten points, name this work that ends with the Reverend Stephen Kumalo going into the mountains to weep, a novel by Alan Paton.
In a related essay written prior to this book's publication, the author asked "Who is really to blame for the crime wave" in his native country.
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