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The Smell of Apples
The Smell of Apples: A Novel | Mark Behr
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The harsh realities of 1970s South African apartheid are witnessed by young narrator Marnus Erasmus, in a story of racial oppression, sexual abuse, lost innocence, and a society driven to the edge of dispair
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Apartheid was a political ideology based on twisted and racist logic. Not only was the whole nation scarred by it, but it allowed twisted thinking to become the norm for many individuals. This well written, extremely evocative book shows how apartheid insidiously corrupted families, relationships and even childhood. A must read book to help understand what South Africa was like during that dark time.