That protagonist has a pound stolen from him on his way to Sophiatown in an at- tempt to find his son and his sister Gertrude after receiving a letter from a fellow reverend.
At one point in this novel, an old man goes to Barbara Smith's house and, after sitting on the bottom step and spilling the contents of his wallet, tells the man who answers the door the heaviest thing of all his years. Earlier, James Jarvis, inspired by the work of his son, reads the Gettysburg Address. James' son Arthur was murdered by Absalom, the son of this novel's protagonist. That protagonist has a pound stolen from him on his way to Sophiatown in an at- tempt to find his son and his sister Gertrude after receiving a letter from a fellow reverend. This novel starts in Ixopo and moves to Johannesburg with its protagonist Stephen Kumalo. Identify this novel written by Alan Paton.
At one point in this novel, an old man goes to Barbara Smith's house and, after sitting on the bottom step and spilling the contents of his wallet, tells the man who answers the door the heaviest thing of all his years.
{Cry}, the {Beloved Country}