Publication
Penguin Books (1999), 304 pages
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Awards
Dublin Literary Award (Longlist — 2000)
Content and Summary Info
Bisexual Content: A main character (cisgender man) is described as bisexual.
Publisher's Summary: The respected executive director of an insurance company, Harald, and his doctor wife, Claudia, are faced with something that could never happen to them: Their son, Duncan, has murdered a man. In this powerful and disturbing anatomy of a murder, Nadine Gordimer examines the effect of violence on the complicated web of love that holds together parents and children, friends and lovers.