Immorality Act

Immorality Act takes place in Cape Town, in the 1960s, when love across the colour bar is a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment.

John Terreblanche, a police reporter seeking redemption, tells the story of a Xhosa nurse, Promise Madiba, a Dutch doctor, Willem Jansen, and a Malay prostitute, Marja de Koning, who engage in a passionate love triangle in the shadow of the Sharpeville massacre, as South Africa lurches towards becoming a Republic.

Violent yet tender, Immorality Act spans from Indonesia to Cape Town and is a moving account of the impact of apartheid, racism and colonialism on lives in the twentieth century, as well as a celebration of the ungovernability of the human spirit.

Published: 28 February 2024

Immorality Act is on Zooloo’s Book Tours from 28th February to 8th March 2024.

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Immorality Act
by Berend Mets

Published by The Book Guild Ltd

Available from:
The Book Guild
Amazon (US)
Amazon (UK)

ISBN: 9781916668287
Paperback: 384 pages
 
“Good stories make history come alive and Dr Mets’ book is full of good stories.”

Dr David Wilkinson, Laureate of the Wood Library Museum & Past President of the History of Anaesthesia Society. London, U.K.