A work of deeply sensitive memories and reflections, this autobiography—a political history of the time—chronicles the turbulent life of a South African man. Including details of the author's childhood years, experiences while in the army, the loss of his father, and the memory of a nation, this book's delicate and finely tuned phrases appeal to the reader as the narrative twists and turns through time.

Denis Hirson is an actor, a lecturer, and the author of The House Next Door to Africa and I Remember King Kong (The Boxer).