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Tsotsi is an angry young gang leader in the South African township of Sophiatown. A man without a past, he exists only to kill and steal. But one night, in a moonlit grove of bluegum trees, a woman he attempts to rape forces a shoebox into his arms. The box contains a baby, and his life is inexorably changed. He begins to remember his childhood, to rediscover himself and his capacity for love. Turned into an Oscar-winning movie in 2006, Tsotsi's raw power and rare humanity show how decency and compassion can survive against the odds.

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Outstanding . . . Fugard sets his intense scenes before a palpable void . . . one is left with an impression of both fierce instinct and fine shading.
Stephanie Cross, Daily Telegraph

Powerful and disturbing.
Simon Shaw, Mail on Sunday

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Published: 05 Feb 2009
Paperback
256 pages
Price:  £8.99
ISBN: 9781847673312

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Athol Fugard

Athol Fugard is one of the world's greatest living dramatists. His career spans fifty years of playwriting, stage and film acting, and directing. He has worked in South Africa, on and off Broadway and in London. Tsotsi is his only novel.

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