A memoir in which the South African playwright discusses his relationship with his two cousins, Johnnie and Garth, and reveals the major role they played in his evolution as a writer.
An impatient black youth, his "old-fashioned" teacher, and a young white woman learn from each other about the human trauma that lies at the heart of South Africa's system of apartheid in 1984.
"Master Harold, " or Hally, learns that his alcoholic father is to be released from the hospital and struggles with his emotions during a confrontation with the two black men who help in the family's restaurant in 1950s South Africa.
"Master Harold," or Hally, learns that his alcoholic father is to be released from the hospital and struggles with his emotions during a confrontation with the two black men who help in the family's restaurant in 1950s South Africa.