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In this stunning literary debut, Patrick Flanery delivers a devastating and intimate portrait of post-apartheid South Africa, and the perils of taking sides when the sides are changing around you. Told in shifting perspectives, Absolution is centred on the mysterious character of Clare... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Clare: Writer whose biography is being written
- Sam: Clare's biographer, child who Laura takes care of for a while
- Marie: Clare's maid / archiver / friend
- Laura: Clare's daughter
- William: Clare's husband
- Nora: Clare's sister
- Stephan: Nora's husband, involved in politics
- Bernard: Sam's guardian (for some time)
- Greg: Sam's friend from university, also from South Africa
- Aunt Ellen: Sam's aunt
- Peter: William's student
- Ilse: William's studentPeter's wifeLaura's work partner
- Ms. White: Researcher of the break-into the house in Canigou Avenue
- Adam: gardener
- Lionel: Met with Laura and Sam and took Sam to Clare's house
- Timothy: Met with Laura and Sam and took Sam to Clare's house
- Sarah: Sam's wife
- Lamia: Laura's fictional name
First Sentence edit
"I'm told we met in London, Mr. Leroux, but I don't remember you," she says, trying to draw her body upright, making it straight where it refuses to be.
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