The ambassador

by André Philippus Brink

Paper Book, 1995

Description

In 1960s Paris, Paul van Heerden is the only South African the French Foreign Office will listen to. At the same time, Ambassador van Heerden is embroiled in an affair with Nicolette, the promiscuous mistress of the Embassy's Third Secretary. Each man tells his story, and each pays a price.

Status

Available

Call number

839.3635

Publication

London : Minerva, 1995.

User reviews

LibraryThing member ivanfranko
The Ambassador and his Third Secretary fall for a young wayward woman over a year or so in early sixties Paris. The encounter results in wreckage of careers and marriage.

Good reading.

Language

Original publication date

1963 (Afrikaans), 1964 (English)

ISBN

0749396377 / 9780749396374
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