Mulder, a Dutchman, returns at last to South Africa, his memories scattered by forty years and two strokes.
He arrives at an invitation from a former comrade.
Once they fought together to overturn apartheid; four decades on Donald is still entrenched in the same old battles, finding enemies wherever he can.
The village he calls home is scarred by poverty: fishermen struggle to eke out a living, kids wreck their heads on crystal meth. The tension is tangible: when the two old friends attempt to help a young addict get clean against his will, their muddled good intentions are violently misunderstood.
But as the details of his young life begin to surface, Mulder's present is increasingly overshadowed by the ghosts of betrayals past: ill-fated adventures across the colour bar and a single mindless slip that broke a future, a life and a dream.
Hugely compelling - JEROEN VULLINGS, Vrij Nederland
A terrific book - TOEF JAEGER, Onze Wereld