276 pp., paperback, Reprint, Cape Town, (1990) 2014
A semi-autobiographical novel about a teacher in Cape Town, set during the student upheavals of the 1985 State of Emergency.
Writer, scholar, literary critic and college teacher Richard Rive (1939-1989) was born and raised in District Six. His other writings include the novels "Buckingham Palace, District Six", "Emergency", and "Advance, Retreat", a selection of his short stories, as well as the autobiography "Writing Black".