A Dry White Season – André Brink

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A Dry White Season is a gripping and unflinching novel set in apartheid-era South Africa, exploring racial injustice and the cost of morality. Ben Du Toit, a schoolteacher in Johannesburg, believes in the fairness of his country’s government—until the arrest and suspicious death of a janitor forces him to confront the brutal reality of the system. His search for truth leads him into a web of corruption, lies, and danger, with devastating consequences. Powerful and thought-provoking, André Brink’s classic remains as relevant today as when it was first published.

According to Wikipedia, the novel was initially banned in South Africa, though Brink had managed to get 3 000 copies published through an underground press.