Guilty Land by Patrick Van Rensburg

Guilty Land

by Patrick Van Rensburg

Penguin Books, 1962, paperback

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, crease to front cover, previous owners inscription on half-title page, pages age-toned,  (see photographs)

"Patrick van Rensburg resigned from his country's diplomatic service in 1957 as a protest against apartheid.  In 1960 he was obliged to flee from the South African police.
In the first part of this important statement on South Africa today, the author recounts the course of his personal revulsion against all forms of racialism.  Though brought up in the full South African tradition, he was prepared to risk his career, his friends, and his future in order to oppose his government's policy."