The Dubious Salvation of Jack V.
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Coming of age in a Johannesburg divided by apartheid, Jack Viljee clings to his belief in a rational world and endures household violence that mirrors the politics of his country, a precarious environment that is disrupted by the arrival of his maid's enraged son.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 240 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780374144128
0374144125
SUBJECTS
South Africa -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.