148pp., paperback, Reprint, (Cape Town), (1926) 2023
The re-issue of Willam Plomer's first novel, originally published by Virgina and Leonard Woolf in 1926 and written when Plomer was 26 years old and living on a Zulu reserve.
Includes a new introduction by Matthew Blackman
William Plomer (1903-1975) was born in South Africa to British parents. Educated in England, he worked briefly in a trading post in Zululand before settling in Japan. Plomer's novels include Sado and Ali the Lion. He also published short stories, poetry, and an autobiography Double Lives.