![]() ![]() A wonderful host of characters populates the novel - Hud's Granny Marge and mother Avril, his Uncle James and Aunt Lorraine and their two children with whom Hüd shared a bed for the first seven years of his life. But Mo, her artist brother, resents the intruder. ![]() ![]() When Sawdah returns from Australia, where she has taken refuge from an unhappy experience ten years ago, she is immediately drawn to him. Hud's half-brother and sister discover his existence for the first time. His father's health suddenly deteriorates, and this sets in motion a chain of events. Then, out of the blue, Hud's father informs him that he is to inherit his rare orchid collection, and asks him to move in with him. For 28 years he is overlooked by his Muslim father who is no more than a shadowy figure inhabiting the outskirts of his world a man his mother has always called Mr Johnson. Illegitimate, Hud grows up with his mother and her Christian family in the Cape Flats. ![]()
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