| Author: | Ashraf Kagee | ISBN: | 9781431403646 |
| Publisher: | Jacana Media | Publication: | June 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Jacana Media | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ashraf Kagee |
| ISBN: | 9781431403646 |
| Publisher: | Jacana Media |
| Publication: | June 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Jacana Media |
| Language: | English |
Khalil, the Companion’, is given his name by The One Above at his birth in 1903. Despite evidence of this divine interest, Khalil’s eighty-odd years of life remain fairly ordinary even though many of these years are spent under the far from ordinary conditions of The System in South Africa. In fact, apart from the high moments an adolescent trip to India, the fleshly delights on his wedding night, and a memorable evening spent with the Black Pimpernel at an abortive meeting organised by the New Unity Movement Khalil’s later life is mostly taken up with trying to keep his wife and children happy and fed, first as the owner of a general dealer in Woodstock, Cape Town, and later as a less-than-convinced lackey in a wheeler-dealer consortium selling polonies and saffron. Nevertheless, just as Khalil’s birth was a matter offering material for considerable discussion for the doekie-wearing aunties of the neighbourhood, at the end of his life Khalil finds there is more than enough to chew over in his life’s journey.
Khalil, the Companion’, is given his name by The One Above at his birth in 1903. Despite evidence of this divine interest, Khalil’s eighty-odd years of life remain fairly ordinary even though many of these years are spent under the far from ordinary conditions of The System in South Africa. In fact, apart from the high moments an adolescent trip to India, the fleshly delights on his wedding night, and a memorable evening spent with the Black Pimpernel at an abortive meeting organised by the New Unity Movement Khalil’s later life is mostly taken up with trying to keep his wife and children happy and fed, first as the owner of a general dealer in Woodstock, Cape Town, and later as a less-than-convinced lackey in a wheeler-dealer consortium selling polonies and saffron. Nevertheless, just as Khalil’s birth was a matter offering material for considerable discussion for the doekie-wearing aunties of the neighbourhood, at the end of his life Khalil finds there is more than enough to chew over in his life’s journey.
