Troy Blacklaws

• Apr-2013
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One boy’s journey to see his favorite soccer player in action becomes an uplifting song to the South African spirit A modern-day folktale set in the heart of South Africa, "Bafana Bafana" is the story of Pelé, an eleven-year-old village boy wh...

• Apr-2013
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Troy Blacklaws's follow-up to his internationally acclaimed KAROO BOY is the bittersweet tale of a South African boy coming of age during apartheid Gecko's childhood is one of sheltered, almost magical innocence on a farm in Natal. He spends his d...

• Apr-2013
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Two characters navigate the post-apartheid South African landscape in this haunting story of the injustice that still simmers below the country's surface. In Troy Blacklaws's ambitious novel, the lives of two African men run parallel, exposing the te...

• Apr-2013
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Troy Blacklaws’s acclaimed debut novel is the remarkable story of a boy coming of age in the wake of tragedy When his twin brother dies in a freak accident, Douglas’s life begins to unravel. His mother leaves his father, taking Douglas with he...