description: Featuring a young white South African who suffers a nervous breakdown whilst on military service, this story is set against the hinterland of the Namibian desert. Its subject is the meeting of politics and self. Damon Galgut is the author of "A Sinless Season" and "Small Circle of Beings".
language: English
title: The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs
titlecomplete: The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs
characters: Patrick Winter
genres: Fiction, South Africa, Queer, LGBT, Gay, Novels, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Namibia, Africa
ratings_count: 296
places: Africa
publisher: Time Warner Books UK