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A Dry White Season is 'n roman wat geskryf is deur André Brink en later omskep is in 'n film met dieselfde naam.

Al Brink se romans is aanklagte teen die apartheidsbewind in Suid-Afrika en A Dry White Season word beskou deur sommige as die mees afkeurende van hulle almal.

Die hoofkarakter is 'n blanke onderwyser genaamd Ben Du Toit wat woon in Johannesburg.

Hy is die paradigmatiese gesinsman uit die voorstede met drie kinders en 'n vrou.

Hy leef 'n selfvoldane lewe, onbewus van die Suid-Afrikaanse regering se rasgemotiveerde intriges.

Nie lank na die 1976 Soweto-onluste nie het 'n swart opsigter by sy skool, genaamd Gordon, sy hulp gesoek om sy seun Jonathan op te spoor wat verdwyn het nadat hy laas gesien is saam met die andersdenkendes in Soweto.

Saam het hulle 'n prokureur geraadpleeg en die polisie begin soebat vir inligting oor waar die jong man hom bevind.

Die polisie is ontwykend en gee teenstrydige verslae oor wat met Jonathan gebeur het, maar uiteindelik beweer hulle dat hy gesterf het op die dag van die onluste en begrawe is 'n maand later toe niemand sy liggaam kom opeis het nie.

Ben is gepaai met die storie, maar Gordon hou aan snuffel, eindig self in die tronk en is toe doodgemaak.

Gordon se vrou gaan terug na Ben toe en oortuig hom om te help en Ben se lewe word onderstebo gekeer terwyl hy probeer uitvind wat regtig gebeur het met Gordon en Jonathan.

Hy ontvang 'n bom in die pos, hulle skiet op hom terwyl hy ry en word afgepers en gedwing om uit sy pos te bedank.

Uiteindelik draai almal teen hom, selfs sy familie en vriende.

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A Dry White Season is a novel that was written by Andre Brink and later transformed into a film of the same name.

All of Brink's novels are indictments of the apartheid regime in South Africa, and A Dry White Season is considered by some to be the most deprecatory of all of them.

The main character is a white teacher named Ben Du Tolt who lives in Johannesburg.

He is the paradigmatic family man from the suburbs with three kids and a wife.

He lives a complacent life, incognizant of the South African government's racially motivated machinations.

Not long after the 1976 Soweto Riots, a black custodian at his school named Gordon seeks his help in locating his son Jonathan, who disappeared after last being seen with the dissidents in Soweto.

Together, they consult a lawyer and begin entreating the police for information on the young man's whereabouts.

The police are evasive and give conflicting reports of what happened to Jonathan but eventually claim that he died on the day of the riots and was buried a month later when no one claimed his body.

Ben is placated with the story, but Gordon keeps digging and ends up in jail himself and then is killed.

Gordon's wife goes back to Ben and convinces him to help, and Ben's life is turned upside-down as he tries to find out what really happened to Gordon and Jonathan.

He receives a bomb in the mail, is shot at while driving, and is blackmailed and forced to resign from his job.

Eventually everyone turns against him, even his family and friends.

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