
There's steel at the center of this book ~ a hardness that doesn't let up until the end (when a dog makes all the difference in the world). The story's set in South Africa ~ and the country's racial strain is as much a character here as is David, a divorced and jobless professor, who tries to make something whole out of his shattered life by visiting his estranged daughter. The plot's hard and true, but this book's all about character.