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Andre Brink (1935 - 2015) was one of South Africa's most prominent writers and is the author of several novels, including A Dry White Season, Imaginings of Sand, The Rights of Desire, The Other Side of Silence and Philida. He has won South Africa's most important literay prize, the CNA Award, three times and has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His last novel, Philida, was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2012.
The reissue of Brink's 1974 novel marks it out as a classic. Originally banned in South Africa, it is the tale of a black actor who has killed his white lover and is now awaiting trial. The author walks an extremely thin line between political viewpionts; the intricate play of political move followed by countermove has reached an impasee in South Africa and in his denouement chapter Brink exploits the chess metaphor exquisitely - a tragic and intractable Endgame. (Kirkus UK)
