Moffie
By: André Carl van der Merwe
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9781609450502
Copyright date: 2006
Subjects: Gays; South Africa; South Africa. Army; Gay men; Fiction
Description: Nicholas's family and his culture expect him to be one way, and to live life according to their rules, but then trying to make him conform has only made him stronger. Nicholas learns remaining true to oneself is worth risking one's life for. When, at the age of 19, he is forced into the South African army, he enters a world that is utterly at odds with his every sensibility. Now he will face the scorn and violence of his tormentors, but will also find the strength to survive.