{"product_id":"a-dry-white-season-9780061138638","title":"A Dry White Season","description":"\u003cp\u003e As startling and powerful as when first published more than two decades ago, Andr  Brink's classic novel, \u003cem\u003eA Dry White Season\u003c\/em\u003e, is an unflinching and unforgettable look at racial intolerance, the human condition, and the heavy price of morality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Du Toit is a white schoolteacher in suburban Johannesburg in a dark time of intolerance and state-sanctioned apartheid. A simple, apolitical man, he believes in the essential fairness of the South African government and its policies--until the sudden arrest and subsequent \"suicide\" of a black janitor from Du Toit's school. Haunted by new questions and desperate to believe that the man's death was a tragic accident, Du Toit undertakes an investigation into the terrible affair--a quest for the truth that will have devastating consequences for the teacher and his family, as it draws him into a lethal morass of lies, corruption, and murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrink, Andre:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAndré Brink is one of South Africa's most distinguished writers. His books include \u003cem\u003eAn Instant in the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRumours of Rain\u003c\/em\u003e, both of which were short-listed for the Man Booker Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543360737554,"sku":"9780061138638","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3cc92954-9701-4d16-8595-f5c0737afc00.jpg?v=1731507299","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-dry-white-season-9780061138638","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}