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A Stuga On the Cusp of the Orust Riviera, tucked away next to a hobbit hole in the woods.

Summertime - J.M. Coetzee St Peter's and St Paul's Parish Church, Lavenham, book saleHere is Coetzee writing as if Coetzee is dead and now Vincent is asking around to find out about people's feelings about the dead man.Height of self-indulgent conceit? Well yes, only this is fiction and there is a lot revealed about South Africa in the 70s.Sound confusing? It isn't, really not. I did take breathers in between the sections to mull over the underlying story of a country and attitude in change. 4* Waiting for the Barbarians1* FoeWL Dusklands3* Summertime