Ek was bereid om aan te voer dat daar heelwat dinge met die roman verkeerd was, dat dit op vele punte misluk het, maar ek het nie kon droom dat dit die kastige "eg aan Afrika" paal nie gehaal het nie.
Now, I was quite willing to contend that there were a number of things wrong with the novel, that it had failed in a number of places, but I had not quite imagined that it had failed at achieving something called African authenticity.