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[Tony Sutton]

NEW AT COLDTYPE.NET
The latest in our series of ColdType Modern Classics
WHITE MAN WALKING
A 60-page mini-book from top South African author Denis Beckett
All I knew of Durban¹s Cato Manor was that its record of riot, razing and
broken heads is several lengths longer than any other township in South
Africa, which is saying a bit. A mega-effort to straighten it out has now
been made and is drawing to a close. The straighteners, Cato Manor
Development Association, commissioned a bucketload of academic and
professional reports on the results. They decided also to include one
wild-side report, which they called ³The View From the Street². They wanted
the impressions of a total outsider, uncluttered by prior baggage.
³No holds barred², they said, ³we¹ll fly you down, we¹ll give you a car,
we¹ll book a hotel, you¹ll take as long as you like, you¹ll say what you
see.²
I said: ³I¹ll pass on the hotel. Is there any sort of guest-house in Cato
Manor itself?²
³No, nothing like that.²
³You can surely find someone who has a bed available.²
³Er, yes, if that¹s what you want.²
³Yep. The view doesn¹t stop when night falls. In fact, let¹s pass on the car
too.²
There was a pause. ³Well, if you insist . . . . ²
 
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