'A simultaneously hilarious and heart-breaking portrait of a poor
white family life in the twilight of apartheid' Richard E. Grant
'Funny, never self-pitying and a pleasure to read' Guardian 'Both
haunting and funny. [Ecott] writes with compassion and honesty to
give us a truly memorable account of an extraordinary upbringing'
Fergal Keane Tim Ecott's family swapped Northern Ireland for
apartheid Johannesburg in the 1970s. But just six months after
arriving the family was bankrupt and evicted from their home, and
most of their possessions had been confiscated by the bailiffs.
Whilst friends and relatives imagined they were living enviable
lives in the sun, the reality was that the family was cast adrift.
Forced to survive on their wits, they entered a twilight world
where their true friends were prostitutes, thieves and renegades.
'Unputdownable - never sentimental, extremely honest and with a
positively Dickensian cast of characters' Emma Thompson
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