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NineteenSeventySixANovel Robert DewarKEY SELLING POINTSADVANCE INFORMATIONAlovestoryissetagainstthedramaticbackdropofhugelysignificantpoliticalandsocialeventsinSouth Africa.1976wasawatershedyearinSouthAfrica%u2019shistory,whentheSowetoUprisingsawtheoutbreakofviolence and racial unrest across the country, including Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula.Inspiredbytheauthor%u2019sfondmemoriesofhisyoungmanhoodintheCapePeninsula.OnthebeautifulCapePeninsular,agreathousebuiltonthemountainsidegazes outonalimitlesssouthern ocean.By 1976 it had become a residential hotel, andRichardChanning, its proprietor, had personal problems moreburdensomeeventhanaperennialshortageof funds.Richardwasdisappointedwithlife:trappedina lovelessmarriage,increasinglyalienatedfromhisson,andunabletoseeawayforward.Butthenhisdistant cousin,alovelyyoungEnglishgirl,arrivesonwhatbecomes alengthyandextendedvisit,andeverythingbegins to change forRichard.Atthesame time, dramaticeventsaretakingplaceinSouthAfrica.Onlytwoweeksearlierthereoccursapolice massacreofblackstudentsinSoweto,aneventwhichtriggersawaveofcountry-widemarches, demonstrations and strikes by members of the black and coloured communities. South Africa is engulfed by unrestandperiodicviolence-notall of whichtheresidentsof thegreathouseonitslonelymountainsideare abletoavoid.Richard, however, is inlove.Andtheoutcome ofthis love, andthe consequences of his lovely youngcousin%u2019s visit,willtakemanyyearsbeforetheycanbefullyrealised.FortheyoungEnglishgirl%u2019svisitwillcauseas dramatic a change inRichard%u2019s and his family%u2019s lives, astheSowetoYouthUprisingwill bring about inSouth Africa%u2019s social and political life.Robert Dewar wasborninEastAfricainthemid 1950s, andwaseducatedinSouthAfrica.Hehasadegree in History.Asayoungmanheworkedasafield guideinSouthernAfrica,andasagameranger.Inlateryearshe workedasabusinessresearcherandwriter.HehaslivedinEastAfrica,SouthAfrica,Namibia, theUnited Kingdom,Malta,andtheFarEast.HenowlivesintheScottishHighlands.Publication Date: 28th October 2024 %u00a310.99 ISBN:9781836280132 Thema subject category: FBA%u2013Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literarypaperback 216 x 138 mm 256 pp Portrait Authorlocation:InvernessSales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comtwitter.com/starbooksales
