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Lucky Packet (Paperback) Price: R427
Discovery Miles 4 270

Lucky Packet (Paperback)

Trevor Sacks

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Growing up in a Northern Transvaal town during the State of Emergency in the 1980s, Ben Aronbach doesn’t fit in anywhere. Among the predominantly Afrikaans, Christian inhabitants, he is the Jewish kid, but in the Jewish community he is the boy from the family of lapsed shul-goers. Even though he is learning Hebrew for his bar mitzvah, he feels like an outsider learning a foreign language.

Then Ben meets Leo Fein, a man who knew his father before he died. When Leo includes the boy in his schemes, Ben feels exhilarated. Little does he know the far-reaching impact that Leo will have on the Aronbach family’s life.

It is only years later, in the run-up to the 1992 Referendum, that Ben gets a chance to confront the charlatan . . . but he also has to face his own guilt over his family’s downfall.

Set during two important moments in South Africa’s history, Lucky Packet is told with humour and poignancy.

“One of the best novels of recent years, and likely the most readable.” – Imraan Coovadia

General

Imprint: Kwela Books
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: April 2019
Authors: Trevor Sacks
Dimensions: 234 x 152 x 50mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 978-0-7957-0890-9
Categories: Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
Books > Local Author Showcase > Fiction - adults > Drama
LSN: 0-7957-0890-4
Barcode: 9780795708909

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