North Facing

Novel of great literary merit for fans of Edmund White, Alan Hollinghurst, Christopher Hope and Michael Frayn's Spies, where the older narrator reflects on a seminal moment against the backdrop of large-scale political events. Moving juxtaposition of protagonist's innocence with the magnitude of South Africa's social turmoil.Themes of atonement, surveillance,homosexuality, repressive politics, South Africa, racism, secrets, cultural dislocation.