{"product_id":"9781786490599","title":"The Cafe de Move-on Blues : In Search of the New South Africa","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Hope, Christopher (Author) \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSociety \u0026amp; culture: general\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 May 2018 by ATLANTIC BOOKS in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e166 x 240 x 33 | 684g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize,2019In White Boy Running, Christopher Hope explored how it felt and looked to grow up in a country gripped by an absurd, racist insanity. On a road trip thirty years later, Hope goes in search of todays South Africa; post the evils of apartheid, but also post the dashed hopes and dreams of Mandela, of a future when race and colour would not count. He finds a country still in the grip of a ruling party intent only on caring for itself, to the exclusion of all others; a country where racial divides are deeper than ever.  As the old imperial idols of Cecil Rhodes and Paul Kruger are literally pulled from their pedestals in a mass yearning to destroy the past, Hope ponders the question: what next?  Framed as a travelogue, this is a darkly comic, powerful and moving portrait of South Africa - an elegy to a living nation, which is still mad and absurd.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40578885714055,"sku":"9781786490599","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781786490599_16a8b552-a559-4804-9012-8146e669baa6.jpg?v=1741631120","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9781786490599","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}