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  • Published: 14 March 2014
  • ISBN: 9780241962589
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $30.00

White Dog Fell From the Sky




An intimate and beautifully written portrait of Africa and of three people whose lives become intertwined in tragic and extraordinary ways

1977. After witnessing a murder by the South African Defence Force, Isaac Muthethe flees to Botswana - smuggled across the border in a hearse. Dumped in the dust, it's not long before he finds a companion on the road - White Dog - and work as a gardener for a young American, Alice Mendelssohn. And when Isaac goes missing, Alice and White Dog will not rest until he is found . . .

  • Published: 14 March 2014
  • ISBN: 9780241962589
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $30.00

Praise for White Dog Fell From the Sky

Eleanor Morse captures the magic of the African landscape and the terror and degradation of life under apartheid in White Dog Fell from the Sky . . . tense and heartfelt

O Magazine

Magic, friendship, the tragedy of apartheid and the triumph of loyalty are recounted in poetic, powerful prose by this unconventional and intelligent writer. Shattering and uplifting

Kuki Gallmann, author of I Dreamed of Africa

There are not enough adjectives to describe the strength of this story . . . Eleanor Morse's story is emotionally riveting, heartbreaking, and at times unbearable, while simultaneously embracing hope, insight, and a sense of perpetual mystery . . . Each sentence is more beautiful than the last

NY Journal

Exceptional . . . Morse writes with passion and lyricism as she conveys hope and resilience in the face of terror

Metro

Morse's third novel . . . weaves together Isaac and Alice's stories in strikingly vivid scenes laced with lyrical language. Her sentences are short, flashing with colour, choked by dry dust, made tense by thunder and slaked by long-awaited rain . . . This is a portrait of longing that speaks less about the state of Africa and more about moral and political blindness, grief and courage

Sunday Express

She's not a showy writer, beckoning the reader into her world through character and incident rather than ambitious descriptive passages. Unflinchingly frank about the horrors of South Africa under apartheid . . . a novel with at least one love story at its heart, balancing cruelty and tenderness

The Herald

A heartfelt, unforgettable picture of life in the time of apartheid

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