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Achmat Dangor

Born 1948 · South Africa

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  • Written in English

    Booker 2004 · Shortlist

    Bitter Fruit

    Bitter Fruit

    Achmat Dangor · 53 when first published

    Novel · 254 pages · Politics, Family

    AI-generated summary:Twenty years after a police lieutenant assaulted his wife while he sat locked in a van, a former ANC activist runs into the man by chance, just as South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission is about to report.