A South African novel about three main characters - Meheret, an Ethiopian journalist, Mano, an actor of mixed blood, and Barnum, an exiled writer. Part one describes their interacting lives; part two is set in a near future and tells the story of Mano, now in prison facing the death sentence. Breyten Breytenbach has also written "Mouroir", "Confessions of an Albino Terrorist", "Endpapers" and "Judas Eye".
- ISBN10 0571154581
- ISBN13 9780571154586
- Publish Date 31 July 1989
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 July 1996
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 500
- Language English