Mine Boy by Peter Abrahams

Mine Boy by Peter Abrahams'One of my all time favourite novels.' Tsitsi Dangarembga 'The first African novel in English to draw international attention.' New York Times 'The forerunner of an entire school of African literary art.' Sunday Times And the black man and the white were like two men alone in the world .. Xuma will never forget the day he arrived in the Johannesburg slums: the charismatic woman who takes him in, the brutal police raids, the fights, friendships,

who performed it orally over the centuries

he's never quite felt at home with the family that treats him more as a curious pet than a son

and schizophrenia

" - Sean Hewitt

'The Man in the Woods'

kindness and self-awareness

From the legendary Deirdre and Naoise to WB Yeats and Maud Gonne

moving multi-generational family saga

'Immerses us in a glamorous

When the Emperor transfers stewardship of Arrakis from the noble House Harkonnen to House Atreides

but what it's like to be young and in love with a book' John Green

'Compassionate