num_pages: 287
description: Paton's second novel portrays a police lieutenant's struggle with his conscience when he violates strict South African law concerning relationships between Blacks and whites.
language: English
title: Too Late the Phalarope
titlecomplete: Too Late the Phalarope
characters: Pieter van Vlaanderen
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, South Africa, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Africa, African Literature
ratings_count: 1469
places: South Africa
publisher: Scribner