Blood Orange

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Cultural Heritage, Coming of Age, Literary
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Author: Troy Blacklaws ISBN: 9781480410015
Publisher: Open Road Media Publication: March 26, 2013
Imprint: Open Road Media Language: English
Author: Troy Blacklaws
ISBN: 9781480410015
Publisher: Open Road Media
Publication: March 26, 2013
Imprint: Open Road Media
Language: English

Troy Blacklaws’s follow-up to his internationally acclaimed Karoo Boy is the bittersweet tale of a South African boy coming of age during apartheid

Gecko’s childhood is one of sheltered, almost magical innocence on a farm in Natal. He spends his days taking barefoot expeditions with his dogs and his nights listening to Springbok Radio, unaware of the cruel force in his life that apartheid will soon become. With the start of high school in the Cape, Gecko is thrust into a political and personal awakening that is both tragic and heartfelt. With conscription into the South African army looming over him, Gecko’s future is as uncertain as his country’s. *Blood Orange *evokes the absurdity, longing, and fear of growing up white in the last decades of apartheid.

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Troy Blacklaws’s follow-up to his internationally acclaimed Karoo Boy is the bittersweet tale of a South African boy coming of age during apartheid

Gecko’s childhood is one of sheltered, almost magical innocence on a farm in Natal. He spends his days taking barefoot expeditions with his dogs and his nights listening to Springbok Radio, unaware of the cruel force in his life that apartheid will soon become. With the start of high school in the Cape, Gecko is thrust into a political and personal awakening that is both tragic and heartfelt. With conscription into the South African army looming over him, Gecko’s future is as uncertain as his country’s. *Blood Orange *evokes the absurdity, longing, and fear of growing up white in the last decades of apartheid.

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