The Dubious Salvation Of Jack V.
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The Dubious Salvation Of Jack V.

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It’s 1989, and in the dying years of the Apartheid regime, eleven-year-old Jack Viljee considers life to be simple. He has firm views on race (complex), politics (straightforward), poofdas (inoffensive), God (dangerous) and sex (bewildering). The son of an Afrikaans father and an English mother, wedged between a strident older and a favoured younger sister, Jack allies himself with the family’s beloved maid, Susie. But the Viljee household has been upset by the arrival of Percy, Susie’s fifteen-year-old son. Percy – young, bored and full of rage – makes everything awkward and embarassing for Jack. After one particularly humiliating event, Jack betrays Susie. The world, it turns out, is not so simple.

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Weight 0.176 kg
Dimensions 1.5 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

240
Publisher

Year Published

2012-5-3
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0099555077
About The Author

Jacques Strauss was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. His first book, The Dubious Salvation of Jack V, won the Commonwealth Book Prize, Africa. He lives in London with his partner and works as a freelance writer.

Very, very funny… It is an utter delight, astute and knowing. Wonderful writing
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Strauss writes with poise and comic timing. His prose is formal and correct; he establishes a tone of laconic regret yet sustains a striking lightness of touch particularly in passages of dialogue…It is, above all, rich in symbols and subtexts

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