A Mouthful Of Glass

Henk van Woerden, Dan Jacobson

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English

Granta Books
01 November 2001

Biography: general; Social discrimination; Ethnic studies; Crime & criminology; Political assassinations

A short, tough, unforgettable story of an assassin - the man who killed Hendrick Verwoerd, the racist prime minister of South Africa, in 1966. The killer was a man lost between the races, maddened by not knowing who or what he was. Born in Mozambique of a Greek father and African mother, Demitrios Tsafendas thought he was white until his father abandoned him. He then discovered he was 'coloured'. He spent twenty-five years wandering the world looking for a home, growing stranger and more desperate. In 1965 he arrived in South Africa and got a job as a messenger in the Parliament building - a job reserved for whites. He bought a knife . . .

By: Henk van Woerden
Translated by: Dan Jacobson
Imprint: Granta Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 134g
ISBN: 9781862074422
ISBN 10: 1862074429
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 November 2001
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Henk van Woerden was a painter and the author of four novels, including A Mouthful of Glass. He spent his childhood in South Africa. Recently living in Amsterdam, he became highly regarded in the Netherlands, were he died in 2005. Dan Jacobson, who grew up in Kimberly, South Africa, is the author of many distinguished works of fiction, including The Rape of Tamar and The God-Fearer. His most recent book, Heshel's Kingdom, was published in 1998.

Reviews for A Mouthful Of Glass

A tough, unforgettable portrait of Demetrios Tsafendas, the assassin who killed Prime Minister Verwoerd of South Africa in 1966, a killer lost between the races, maddened by not knowing who or what he was. A brilliant account of the madness of apartheid.