Six Feet of the Country, Volume 1Seven stories of South Africa deal with a missing body, a mysterious Rhodesian visitor, a pass law protest, a white geologist and his Black secretary, and a pair of childhood sweethearts. |
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... week at Ismail's place – you'd better give me your suit to give to the cleaners tomorrow , Yusuf . ' - One of the girls presented herself at once . ' I'll have nothing to wear , Ma . ' Mrs Bamjee scratched her sallow face . ' Perhaps ...
... week at Ismail's place – you'd better give me your suit to give to the cleaners tomorrow , Yusuf . ' - One of the girls presented herself at once . ' I'll have nothing to wear , Ma . ' Mrs Bamjee scratched her sallow face . ' Perhaps ...
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... week one of the elder children burst into tears at the table and could not eat . Bamjee pushed his own plate away in rage . Sometimes he spoke out loud to himself while he was driving the vegetable lorry . ' What for ? ' Again and again ...
... week one of the elder children burst into tears at the table and could not eat . Bamjee pushed his own plate away in rage . Sometimes he spoke out loud to himself while he was driving the vegetable lorry . ' What for ? ' Again and again ...
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... week . He arrived back in town just before nightfall on Friday , and was on his way from car to flat with his arms full of briefcase , suitcase and canvas bags when someone stopped him by standing timidly in his path . He was about to ...
... week . He arrived back in town just before nightfall on Friday , and was on his way from car to flat with his arms full of briefcase , suitcase and canvas bags when someone stopped him by standing timidly in his path . He was about to ...
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Contents | 7 |
Good Climate Friendly Inhabitants | 21 |
A Chip of Glass Ruby | 36 |
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