One of the first ever African novels in English by a radical black South African writer: the
1946 classic of one boy's loves friendships and political awakening as a mine worker in
Johannesburg's slums. The first African novel in English to draw international attention. --
New York Times The forerunner of an entire school of African literary art. -- Sunday Times And
the black man and the white were like two men alone in the world .... > In 1946 Peter
Abrahams' classic novel Mine Boy exposed South Africa's fledgling racial apartheid system and
townships to the world - and its wisdom vividness and political power endures to this day.
What readers are saying: Beautiful memorable characters [I've] remembered since my childhood.
These are the kind of stories that make the world better for having been written. > > An unsung
gem amazing ... Its simplicity makes the story such a dramatic tale.
