Son of a Whore
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After the runaway success of his Afrikaans memoir, Hoerkind, the contrarian journalist and writer Herman Lategan translated and updated his eventful life story, with no holds barred. Herman was conceived illegitimately one warm February night in 1964 in a boarding house in Cape Town. From an early age, he felt disposable, passed from one pair of unstable adult hands to the next, even ending up in an orphanage for a while. At thirteen he was caught in the web of a cunning paedophile, a well-known Afrikaans newspaperman. Shortly after his eighteenth birthday, when his abuser finished with him, Herman was unceremoniously dumped at the door of his alcoholic father. Conscription into the army and a dishonourable discharge followed. During his teenage years, Herman befriended Afrikaans poets like Sheila Cussons, Ina Rousseau, Barend J. Toerien and Casper Schmidt, and later, in New York, he followed Andy Warhol in the street and partied with a ‘smorgasbord of social butterflies’. Back in South Africa, Herman established himself as a journalist, but struggled with alcohol and drug addiction, and was homeless for a while. For many an employer, he became the nightmare they feared most. Son of a Whore is a gripping account of loss, hardship and overcoming both; it will make you laugh and, at times, break your heart. You will despair at the cruelty of a world in which the marginalised are forsaken but stand in awe at the extent of goodness surrounding us, because, ultimately, people depend on each other.
CONTRIBUTORS: Herman Lategan
EAN: 9781776391240
COUNTRY: South Africa
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WEIGHT: 200 g
HEIGHT: 234 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Random House South Africa
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WIDTH: 153 cm
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Herman Lategan is an award-winning journalist and writer from Green Point. He’s had his articles published in approximately fifty publications. Lategan worked for House and Leisure, Cape Style and e.tv. As a freelancer, he’s written for Vogue Entertaining + Travel, Time Out, SA Times International, Business Day, Rapport, Sunday Times, Vrye Weekblad, Mail & Guardian, and many more. He contributed freelance inserts for radio stations like Cape Talk and for ten years hosted weekly arts programmes on Fine Music Radio. He’s authored several short stories and his English and Afrikaans poetry appeared in New Contrast, the AVBOB Poetry Competition and on Litnet. This is his fourth book. His next project is a novel.
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After the runaway success of his Afrikaans memoir, Hoerkind, the contrarian journalist and writer Herman Lategan translated and updated his eventful life story, with no holds barred. Herman was conceived illegitimately one warm February night in 1964 in a boarding house in Cape Town. From an early age, he felt disposable, passed from one pair of unstable adult hands to the next, even ending up in an orphanage for a while. At thirteen he was caught in the web of a cunning paedophile, a well-known Afrikaans newspaperman. Shortly after his eighteenth birthday, when his abuser finished with him, Herman was unceremoniously dumped at the door of his alcoholic father. Conscription into the army and a dishonourable discharge followed. During his teenage years, Herman befriended Afrikaans poets like Sheila Cussons, Ina Rousseau, Barend J. Toerien and Casper Schmidt, and later, in New York, he followed Andy Warhol in the street and partied with a ‘smorgasbord of social butterflies’. Back in South Africa, Herman established himself as a journalist, but struggled with alcohol and drug addiction, and was homeless for a while. For many an employer, he became the nightmare they feared most. Son of a Whore is a gripping account of loss, hardship and overcoming both; it will make you laugh and, at times, break your heart. You will despair at the cruelty of a world in which the marginalised are forsaken but stand in awe at the extent of goodness surrounding us, because, ultimately, people depend on each other.
CONTRIBUTORS: Herman Lategan
EAN: 9781776391240
COUNTRY: South Africa
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 200 g
HEIGHT: 234 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Random House South Africa
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE:
WIDTH: 153 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
Herman Lategan is an award-winning journalist and writer from Green Point. He’s had his articles published in approximately fifty publications. Lategan worked for House and Leisure, Cape Style and e.tv. As a freelancer, he’s written for Vogue Entertaining + Travel, Time Out, SA Times International, Business Day, Rapport, Sunday Times, Vrye Weekblad, Mail & Guardian, and many more. He contributed freelance inserts for radio stations like Cape Talk and for ten years hosted weekly arts programmes on Fine Music Radio. He’s authored several short stories and his English and Afrikaans poetry appeared in New Contrast, the AVBOB Poetry Competition and on Litnet. This is his fourth book. His next project is a novel.
