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Substitutes

SubstitutesSubstitutes (book)

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Take your average young working man from his familiar surroundings in England's industrial north and drop him into Paradise. But Paradise has its dark side: it's called Apartheid. How will Ed Stranton cope with a society which cossets him, looks after his every material need, as long as he does, says and thinks only what is expected of him? Is Ed ready for South Africa in the Apartheid Era? How can he cope with the break-up of his young family; what will he do with his new freedom in the aftermath? A freedom which drives him across the colour bar and against the servants of the brutal regime. All he wants is love, he thinks. What he gets is something much more. Get inside the head of a young man wrestling with waywardness, guilt, insecurity, and love in its many guises, all wrapped up in the rutting lust of a healthy young animal. The male reader will squirm with its home truths, and every woman will see her man in a new light. Contains some bad language and explicit sex scenes.

Shadow-Boxing Leaves No Bruises

Shadow-Boxing Leaves No BruisesShadow-Boxing Leaves No Bruises (book)

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Conflicting love and hostility play out against the backdrop of apartheid and street politics of South Africa's violent townships. Immigrant Acker loves drinking and flouting South Africa's strict immorality laws. He gets involved with Thoko, who makes a living by entrapping white men. Her controller is D-S Harrid of the SAP. Acker takes Thoko to Mama Poppie’s Sowetan shebeen to escape Harrid's clutches but lands in a riot and is grabbed by gangsters, along with Poppie’s husband. Both men are beaten; deals are offered for their lives. Thoko must decide which side she is on; will she pay the price demanded for Acker’s life? Acker and Poppie play the ruthless gangster, Fats, against the political activist, Mokae. But the People's Council is adamant: someone must die. Will it be Poppie's husband, or the wild honky? Acker finds himself fighting on two fronts — against a tide of black hatred, and internal conflicts erupting from his emotionally raw past. Contains some bad language and explicit sex scenes.

Frank writes with authority, warmth and humour of the chaos surrounding his years in Apartheid-gripped South Africa.