"On a street in the leafy northern suburbs of Johanesburg, in early 1960, people live their lives, fall in love, suffer from loneliness. Events of the day do not leave everyone indifferent: the great Clydesdale mine disaster, the assassination attempt on Dr Verwoerd, the Sharpeville Massacre, all reveal and alter the way people are. Indirectly pushing one of them to revenge.."--Back cover.