Sunday, July 13, 2008

22 - The Trans-Karoo Express to Cape Town

finds Gordimer's novel July's People has been black-listed: "it does not encourage good grammatical practice." cited (460) - Theroux wrote to the paper

pg 461: he reflects again on his trip to procrastinate the end - but the reflection is a mere list of the people he met, and I couldn't remember most

goes to a squatter camp though warned against it; begins by telling story of Am. girl killed there and how her parents forgave the killers - but this moving, heartbreaking story has been overshadowed by Theroux's blatant, flagrant disregard for safety; why does he stress how dangerous squatter camps are just to go, without explanation; he swears off minibuses and stays in at night and avoids "bad people," but here he makes an exception, blatantly - I am not happy

meets with a former resident of a peaceful, multi-racial, French Quarter0like community called District Six - it was taken over during apartheid

walked to sea and sees a sign that says "end of trail"

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