Muriel at MetropolitanBanned when it was first published in South Africa in 1979, Muriel at Metropolitan is set in a bustling furniture and electronics store catering for poor whites and blacks and describes the daily experiences of Muriel, the accounts typist. Her relationship with her colleagues and her feelings about the stream of customers who come into the shop are depicted and illustrate life on the fringes of white society. this novel. She lives in Soweto and is now a professional writer. She has published a collection of short stories Mihloti, and a second novel, Amandla, in South Africa. |
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... lorry - boys . I'm going to take my keys and lorry from him and " trow " him out ! He should be in gaol , that boy , he's got a head like iron . ' He was throwing his right arm into the air , 50 The lorry-driver's trump card.
... lorry - boys . I'm going to take my keys and lorry from him and " trow " him out ! He should be in gaol , that boy , he's got a head like iron . ' He was throwing his right arm into the air , 50 The lorry-driver's trump card.
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... lorry by connecting wires . He then drove all over the Soweto townships trying to raise the money to pay his debt . The rumours , passed by the lorry - boys ... lorry - boys , who were sworn to secrecy by their ' boss- boy ' , reported on ...
... lorry by connecting wires . He then drove all over the Soweto townships trying to raise the money to pay his debt . The rumours , passed by the lorry - boys ... lorry - boys , who were sworn to secrecy by their ' boss- boy ' , reported on ...
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... boys and the lorry loaded to capacity with repossessed goods . ' Agrippa , you've been away four days , with my lorry and my boys . Saturday , Sunday , Monday and now Tuesday four days . Go and load off those goods at the store and come ...
... boys and the lorry loaded to capacity with repossessed goods . ' Agrippa , you've been away four days , with my lorry and my boys . Saturday , Sunday , Monday and now Tuesday four days . Go and load off those goods at the store and come ...
Contents
How it all began | 7 |
A feeling of insecurity | 12 |
The boss | 18 |
Copyright | |
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