In south africa in the 1950s, a young boy struggles to realise his individuality while dealing with an abusive grandfather and a capricious mother. Set against the background of emerging apartheid with its vicious conseq...In south africa in the 1950s, a young boy struggles to realise his individuality while dealing with an abusive grandfather and a capricious mother. Set against the background of emerging apartheid with its vicious consequences, this gripping story of cruelty, duplicity, love and human failings unfolds to culminate in murder.