{"product_id":"riotous-assembly-9780871131430","title":"Riotous Assembly","description":"\u003cp\u003eTom Sharpe's savagely funny first novel is set in South Africa, where the author was imprisoned and later deported.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Miss Hazelstone of Jacaranda Park kills her Zulu cook in a sensational \u003cem\u003ecrime passionnel\u003c\/em\u003e, the hasty, rude members of the South African police force are soon upon the scene: Kommandant van Heerden, whose secret longing for the heart of an English gentleman leads to the most memorable transplant operation yet recorded; Luitenant Verkramp of the Security Branch, ever active in his search for Communist cells; Konstabel Els, with his propensity for shooting first and not thinking later--and also for forcing himself upon African women in a manner legally reserved for male members of their own race.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the course of the bizarre events that follow, we encounter some very esoteric perversions when the Kommandant is held captive in Miss Hazelstone's remarkable rubber room; and some even more amazing perversions of justice when Miss Hazelstone's brother, the Bishop of Barotseland, is sentenced to be hanged from the ancient gallows of the local prison.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot a \"political\" novel in any previously imagined sense, \u003cem\u003eRiotous Assembly\u003c\/em\u003e provides a completely fresh approach to the horror of South Africa--an approach at once outrageous and startling in its deadpan savagery. Along with \u003cem\u003eIndecent Exposure\u003c\/em\u003e, this does for South Africa what Swift's \u003cem\u003eA Modest Proposal\u003c\/em\u003e did for Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Monthly Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492195078418,"sku":"9780871131430","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8726a0e8-74de-4a3f-9753-8a17bb56f6d3.jpg?v=1730576311","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/riotous-assembly-9780871131430","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}