The True Colors of South Africa's History

Set in South Africa/Mozambique in 1952, this book revisits the apartheid era in all its glory. Yikes. What a brutal world. This book is a combo gritty detective novel, social commentary, political treatise and love story. While there were some cringeworthy references, particularly to women, one has to remember the time and the tone of the 1950s in general, and South Africa in particular. When you release your 2021 expectations you realize this is how it was. Nunn did a great job putting her own gender and race aside and writing as if she were there, and a man. And a white man, at that. I was captivated all the way to the masterful twist at the end.