- Nonfiction
- Autobiography
Across the Border
Surviving the Secret War in Angola
Norman McFarlane
ISBN:
9780624093046
Epub ISBN:
9780624093053
Publisher:
Tafelberg
Date Released:
April 2022
Price (incl. VAT):
R 320.00
Format:
Soft cover, 360pp
About this book:
Norman McFarlane was just out of high school when he was conscripted for national service and sent to Angola. Like so many other ordinary troopies, he was thrown into the horror, deprivation and banality of war. He recounts his loss of innocence in Angola, the subsequent ‘camps’ and his journey towards confronting his post-traumatic stress disorder. Told with disarming honesty and humour, he gives voice to a generation of white South African men forced into a grisly, life-defining experience.
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