num_pages: 528
description: Best remembered as the author of Cry, the Beloved Country, Alan Paton's reputation extends beyond the fields of fiction and literature to his roles as a teacher, prison reformer, and politician. In this new biography, Peter Alexander sets out to explore not only the public figure, but also theprivate man about whom much less is known.
language: English
title: Alan Paton
titlecomplete: Alan Paton
characters: Alan Paton
ratings_count: 11
places: South Africa
publisher: Oxford University Press Southern Africa