'ON THE CONTRARY: BEING THE LIFE OF A FAMOUS REBEL, SOLDIER, TRAVELLER, EXPLORER, READER, BUILDER, SCRIBE, LATINIST, LOVER AND LIAR' by André Brink
'ON THE CONTRARY: BEING THE LIFE OF A FAMOUS REBEL, SOLDIER, TRAVELLER, EXPLORER, READER, BUILDER, SCRIBE, LATINIST, LOVER AND LIAR'

André Brink

'ON THE CONTRARY: BEING THE LIFE OF A FAMOUS REBEL, SOLDIER, TRAVELLER, EXPLORER, READER, BUILDER, SCRIBE, LATINIST, LOVER AND LIAR'

André Brink

376 pages first pub 1993 (view editions)

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"On the surface On the Contrary is a picaresque historical novel, in which 18th century adventurer Estienne Barbier graduates from seducing French wives to South African widows via a long and bruising association with the Dutch East India Company....

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