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'Buckingham Palace', District Six

by Richard Rive · 1986

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Here is the story of Mary and the Girls, of Zoot, Pretty-Boy and Oubaas, of the Abrahams family who came from Bo-Kaap, of Last-Knight the barber and his prim wife. This novel is written in tribute to the people of District Six so that we do not forget.

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
AfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 198 pages

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