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The Night Country

by Bryce Courtenay · 1998

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A little boy witnesses the ugliness of apartheid.

Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisAustraliaAustraliaMore like thisLess of thisSouth AfricaSouth AfricaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 87 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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