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A review by drsarahp
A Dry White Season by André Brink
3.0
As an account of apartheid era South Africa , this is brutal and damning - small wonder it was banned in SA after its publication.
A shame then that the author is so focused on the female characters' boobs. Seriously. If you've ever seen the hashtag #breastedboobily you'll know exactly the kind of writing I mean. I feel like there was a description of the boobs of every single female character, alive or dead. I'm not joking about the dead boob description either. Pointless and off putting, and sadly probably the main thing I'm going to remember about this book as it annoyed me so much.
A shame then that the author is so focused on the female characters' boobs. Seriously. If you've ever seen the hashtag #breastedboobily you'll know exactly the kind of writing I mean. I feel like there was a description of the boobs of every single female character, alive or dead. I'm not joking about the dead boob description either. Pointless and off putting, and sadly probably the main thing I'm going to remember about this book as it annoyed me so much.