#BookReview: The Promise
Told with unsettling dexterity Galgut weaves his story around a white middle-class family on a farm outside of Pretoria.
Damon Galgut was awarded the 2021 Booker Prize for his novel The Promise.
This haunting story is one that gets right under your skin.
Told with unsettling dexterity Galgut weaves his story around a white middle-class family on a farm outside of Pretoria.
The story is expertly told in 4 segments though the eyes of each family member, each one centered on a family funeral, each one happening in a different decade and each one returning to a promise that was never honoured.
The promise hold both the reader and the characters captive in this striking and disturbingly honest novel.
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