He Does Not Die a Death of Shame

<p>If you're looking for spine-chilling mystery syrupy romance blatant sex or gratuitous violence read no further.</p><p>If you're interested in an enthralling chronicle of two young men one white one black in apartheid South Africa then this is a book for you. Their destinies become inexorably intertwined in their pursuit of what is right.</p><p>Zak Ginsberg is shaped by his parents' sad histories. Awareness of the Second World War his Jewishness and the status of the black population slowly infiltrate his consciousness.</p><p>Mpande Gumede has spent an idyllic childhood in rustic Zululand. At high school he realises for the first time that he is a second-class citizen.</p><p>Zak studies the art of saving lives. Mpande pursues the craft of destroying lives. Both are drawn into the anti-apartheid struggle. The one acts because his ancestors were victims the other because he himself is a victim.</p><p>Can they survive the challenges ahead?</p>