The House Gun |
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Author:
| Gordimer, Nadine |
ISBN: | 978-1-56895-615-2 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1998 |
Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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Imprint: | Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $56.05 |
Book Description:
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A novel by the Winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature. One drowzy evening in post-apartheid South Africa the respected Executive Director of an insurance company, Harald, and his wife Claudia, are faced with something they thought could never happen to them - their only son, Duncan, is arrested for murder. What kind of loyalty do a mother and father owe a son who has committed the unimaginable horror? What have they done to influence his character: how have they failed him? A...
More DescriptionA novel by the Winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature. One drowzy evening in post-apartheid South Africa the respected Executive Director of an insurance company, Harald, and his wife Claudia, are faced with something they thought could never happen to them - their only son, Duncan, is arrested for murder. What kind of loyalty do a mother and father owe a son who has committed the unimaginable horror? What have they done to influence his character: how have they failed him? A passionate narrative of that final test of human relations we call love.