Verdict: carrot
Bright’s characters might be fictional, but if you take a quick stroll through any of South Africa’s high-priced universities, you will see them in person, walking the lawns in designer jeans, picking at sushi in exclusive cafés and laughing with brilliantly white teeth.
They traverse the campus in groups, leaving tasteful whiffs of expensive perfume and a glittering trail of warmth and privilege.
If you look closer, you might also see the rot. That’s where this book gets interesting.
If I were to place Bright’s characters somewhere in the #RhodesMustFall furore, they would probably be those on the periphery – the lucky few who couldn’t care less either way.
Book Details
- Close to Home by Cayleigh Bright
EAN: 9781431410712
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