National Review, May 13th, 1988
Alan Paton, RIP
'IN 1948 A BOOK was published with a bewildering title, by an unknown author, on a theme alien to American concerns. The book became the central cultural ducument of South Africa, where it sold more copies than any other volume save the Bible. Cry, the Beloved Country is free of bitterness, telling the story of a fracternal bond between a black minister tormented by the sins of his son and his sister, and a white man."
With these words, in May 1977, I began my introduction of Alan Paton, on Firing Line. It struck me, after the hour was done, that a great fatigue was on him:...
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