Hope After Apartheid

Sometimes I long to return to the land now ruled by Nelson Mandela. So far the opportunity to do so has not arisen. Meanwhile, the next best experience is to read about the miracle which has taken place in South Africa. Who better to describe the scene today than a distinguished writer such as Cartwright, whose most recent novel, In Every Face I Meet, was short-listed for the 1995 Booker prize and the Whitbread prize.

Not Yet Home is Cartwright's account of his journey and gives a fascinating insight into the new South Africa, its peoples and its cultural life