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Condition: Fair Cover soiled, creased and worn at edges - particularly top of spine. Spine severely faded. Bookseller's stamp, ink and pencil inscriptions on pre-title page. Pencil inscription on rear endpaper. Pages browning with some staining of early pages. Binding tight. Plot / Content: "Ray: Blonde [sic], arrogant, smooth young P R boy for the Organisation. "Victor: Black and beautiful, big name in broadcasting. "In brittle, modern Johannesburg a web of laws had been spun to keep them apart. Darkness and thin walls in seedy houses screened them from exposure - until Detective Prinsloo scented a 'dirty case'. "Ray and Victor. They played a game of love. The stakes were scandal, despair and death . . . " (from the cover) Background / Biography: "Laurence Eben" is the pseudonym of Michael Power. (information from Penguin South Africa) Reviews: “fine and sensitively written book which pulls no punches” The Sydney Morning Herald “creates a totally believable, non-embarrassing love affair between Ray, a young white man, and Victor, a slightly older African … Eben has depicted the characters of a small homosexual clique, trying to live civilised humane lives, with real delicacy and humour.” The Scotsman (from Penguin South Africa) Clicking on advertiser links on this site may allow these companies to gather and use information about your visit to this and other websites to provide you with advertisements about goods and services presumed to be of interest to you. |
Quote from this book "While he was laughing he was saying, 'There it goes, Parys. We're over the State border, they can't catch us now.' 'Parys, Orange Free State.' 'Vrystaat!' 'Wait till you see the other Parys. They call it Parys over there.' 'Nonsense, man. Me? And you? Paris? Those are fancy dreams and you know it.' 'One of the things I can't stand about you is your pessimism.' He said, 'I've told you before. Dream for your own sake, leave me out. You'll trip yourself up if you won't listen to me.'" opening paragraphs Secondhand booksellers |
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