Familiarity is the kingdom of the lost, or, Tshotsholoza [electronic resource] / Dugmore Boetie ; edited by Vusumuzi R. Kumalo and Benjamin N. Lawrance ; foreword by Nadine Gordimer ; introduction by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo; afterword by Barney Simon.

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"The picaresque hero of this novel, Duggie, is a dispossessed black street kid turned con man. Duggie's response to being confined to the lowest level of South Africa's oppressive and humiliating racial hierarchy is to one-up its absurdity with his own glib logic and preposterous schemes. Duggie's s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boetie, Dugmore (Author)
Other Authors: Kumalo, Vusumuzi R. (Editor, Writer of introduction)
Lawrance, Benjamin N. (Benjamin Nicholas) (Editor, Writer of introduction)
Gordimer, Nadine (writer of foreword.)
Simon, Barney (writer of afterword.)
Abrahams, Lionel
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, 2020.
Edition:New edition.
Subjects:
Boetie, Dugmore > Fiction.
Swindlers and swindling > South Africa > Fiction.
Criminals > South Africa > Fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2020 (EBSCO)
eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2020 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Familiarity is the kingdom of the lost,
Tshotsholoza
Format: Electronic eBook

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EBSCO eBooks: 2020 (EBSCO)
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