Python Dance
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The illustration on our cover this month is by GeorgeUnderwood. It is from Geoffrey Trease's latest book, Fire in the Wind, published by Pan Macmillan, to whom we are grateful for help in using this illustration. Details of the book are given in our Authorgraph.
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This brings the political history of 1960s' South Africa to life through the power of a well-told story where teenage Ruth's prejudices are wittily and sharply seen as both sexual and political naivety. In running away from her stepfather, Ruth encounters young radicals, white and black, whose treatment by the state is a grander version of the domestic tyranny she's already experienced. This may be an entry point into a list of books about South Africa, or a stepping stone to adult novels.
