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A Dry White Season follows Ben Du Toit, a suburban Johannesburg teacher who initially trusts the government’s fairness. After a black janitor from his school is arrested and found dead, Du Toit becomes convinced the death was not an accident. His obsessive investigation pulls him deeper into a web of lies, corruption and violence that threatens his family and forces him to confront the brutal reality of apartheid. Brink’s novel remains a stark, uncompromising portrait of racial intolerance and moral dilemma, illustrating how an oppressive system can corrupt the conscience of even the most ordinary individuals.
First publish date: September 19, 2006
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Andre Brink
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