2002 Longlist
A Mouthful of Glass
ABOUT
THE BOOK
One day in 1966, in the chamber of the South African Parliament, Demitrios Tsafendas walked up to Hendrik Verwoerd, the Prime Minister, and stabbed him to death with a kitchen knife.
This is the extraordinary story of Tsafendas and his long exile from a society madder than he was.
ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Dan
Jacobson
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Country
The Netherlands
Original Language
Dutch
Publisher
Granta
Translator
Dan Jacobson
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