'Masterly... A disturbing story which subtly lays bare the twisted logic of apartheid' The
TimesMarnus is terrified he will not fulfil the expectations of his elite Afrikaner family who
are certain of their superiority. But when Mr Smith arrives things start to change affecting
Marnus's values and everything around him that he he holds dear.Mark Behr's debut novel and the
recipient of numerous awards including South Africa's biggest literary prize the M-Net Award
as well as the Eugene Maris Prize and the CAN Literary Award. In the UK the book was
shortlisted for the Steinbeck Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize and received the Betty
Trask Award. In the USA the novel won the Art Seidenbaum Award from the Los Angeles Times.
