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An Act of Terror

An Act of Terror

by André Brink (Author), André Brink (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 1993

    $3.27

  • Used

    Paperback 1991

    $3.27
Synopsis

'A massive apartheid thriller centred on a plot to blow up none other than the State President outside the gates of Cape Town Castle...Brink at his robust and imaginative best' - Adam Low, Daily Telegraph. A profound novel set in South Africa that combines compelling action with an intellectual confrontation of the author's poitically volatile home country. A brave masterpiece from Booker Prize shortlisted, award-winning author Andre Brink.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 848
 Edition: New e.
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 16 Aug 1993
ISBN 10: 0749399317
ISBN 13: 9780749399313
Book Overview: 'An Act of Terror belongs to that small group of novels embracing a country's ethos and history in one panoptic vision... Peter Carey... Garcia Marquez... Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Andre Brink must be considered with that class of writer' - Guardian

Media Reviews
A political thriller, set in South Africa, laced with all the angst and pain and lacerating emotion that comes from attempting to intellectualise, and hence come to terms with, living in that volatile, unnerving, but ultimately fascinating land -- Peter Brown * Time Out *
An Act of Terror is the work of a sane, civilised, intelligent man- a story about events that are in the process of becoming news stories. Brink... is a writer of inspired violence, and his shifts of viewpoint are thrilling and significant, and deepy honouring the profession of literature -- Hugh Barnes * The Times *
This is clearly Andre Brink's tour de force * Time Out *
Author Bio
Andre Brink (1935 - 2015) was one of South Africa's most prominent writers and is the author of several novels, including A Dry White Season, Imaginings of Sand, The Rights of Desire, The Other Side of Silence and Philida. He has won South Africa's most important literay prize, the CNA Award, three times and has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His last novel, Philida, was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2012.