The Smell of Apples, (Paperback)

from getupkid10

A story of what it was like to grow up in an Afrikaner elite/military family during the 1970's in apartheid South Africa. Marnus is a young boy living in a successful, Afrikaans family in Cape Town in the height of Apartheid. His world has largely been shaped by his family, who are firm believers...

from herschelian

This novel covers a relatively short time-span in the last weeks of 1973, and is told by Marcus the 11 year old son of a senior South African army officer. His family are Afrikaners - very much part of the ruling elite - and totally committed to the concept of apartheid, and convinced of their ow...

from herschelian

This novel covers a relatively short time-span in the last weeks of 1973, and is told by Marcus the 11 year old son of a senior South African army officer. His family are Afrikaners - very much part of the ruling elite - and totally committed to the concept of apartheid, and convinced of their ow...