Length5h 27m
About this audiobook
1981. Pretoria: Heartland of the Afrikaner. As the violence of the armed struggle against Apartheid is threatening to overwhelm South Africa, the eight year old Pieter Pretorius tries to unravel the secrets within his own household that his nationalist, rugby-loving father rules with an iron fist.
Thom Isaacs is a Jewish police constable whose moral awakening and disgust with the systemic and racial violence of his government threatens to out him among his fellow officers as a “lefty” and a traitor.
In one week, Pieter and Thom will cross paths in a bloody confrontation that sees Pieter staring down the barrel of a gun and Thom racing to save another victim from the spiraling chaos that is tearing their homeland apart.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction
Length5 hrs 27 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 17, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1AGAiNST THE WALL
2contains scenes of extreme violence, some sexual content, and
3Chapter 1
4Gecko
5The door shook wildly.
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6him.
7Chapter 2
8and then back at the TV.
9“Hello, Ma. Hello, Carla,” I said.
10“Augh bloody hell, sit on the floor!”
11less.
12curse words: “fok,” “kak,” “moer,” “bliksem,” and “God,” of
13immediately.
14up.
15“ Ja! Go Bokke!” Dad yelled.
16The Springboks lost 22–25.
17money.
18back. Yippee!
19door Friday afternoon with one of my Voortrekker Monument
20from her cheek with the back of her hand.
21out of his grasp.
22Dad any advice.
23“Fok!”
24over the fence.
25room. The telephone table stood at the end of the hallway by
26scares me sometimes.
27lots of light, but the black and white ones for night vision
28Chapter 3
29Thom
30Kobus, a muscular Afrikaner with a thick black
31“Whatever. At least I know the Boks lost,” I replied. It
32world away, on the poor side of the heart of Pretoria.
33you on this sunny September Sunday?”
34well-educated. A slam-dunk filing into the garbage bin would
35stomach.
36the “Amens” after their church prayers.
37“Funny.” And then in my Capetonian English I said, “I
38Seriously?”
39“Yes, sir.”
40desk next to the phone.
41fault there?”
42Gerrie now?”
43with the usual stuff about patient confidentiality, their
44Burglary. No crime in progress.”
45the milk bottle.
46Pure vandalism.”
47your part!”
48And on and on and on.
49Chapter 4
50Pieter
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