A Separate Development - Softcover

Christopher Hope

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749390522 ISBN 13: 9780749390525

Publisher: Minerva / Mandarin Paperbacks, 1989

Synopsis

Harry Moto must pass as a "coloured" on the underside of society, following a sexual escapade with the rich which forces to live as a fugitive. This is the first novel of Christopher Hope, who is better known for his poetry and as a winner of the Cholmondeley Award.

About this title

About the Author

Christopher Hope was born in Johannesburg in 1944. He is the author of nine novels and one collection of short stories, including Kruger's Alp, which won the Whitbread Prize for Fiction, Serenity House, which was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize; and My Mother's Lovers, published by Atlantic Books in 2006 to great acclaim. He is also a poet and playwright and author of the acclaimed memoir White Boy Running (1988).

Review

'A Separate Development is one of the best books ever written about South Africa' Peter Porter, Observer 'Hope's comic vision of this crazy and tragic state of affairs expertly brings off the difficult feat of providing both an entertaining novel, rich in lovingly evoked detail and character, and a profound political indictment.' William Boyd, Sunday Times 'A remarkable first novel... exquisitely funny.' Literary Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Minerva / Mandarin Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749390522
• ISBN 13: 9780749390525
• Binding: Paperback