Books of Some Substance

104 - Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee


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Nathan and David continue their exploration of control with Waiting for Barbarians, a 1980 novel by South African writer J.M. Coetzee. Empire! Torture! Manipulation! Control! Quite the book, and quite the episode.

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