Shaun De Waal

Shaun de Waal has worked at the Mail & Guardian since 1989. He was literary editor from 1991 to 2006 and chief film critic for 15 years. He is now editor-at-large. Recent publications include Exposure: Queer Fiction, 25 Years of the Mail & Guardian and Not the Movie of the Week.

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/ 12 September 2007

Close to home

What is ”the edge of South Africa”? Are we talking about an outer edge, like our jagged coastline, or the serrated blade of our borders to the north? The pieces in this remarkable book — At Risk: Writing On and Over the Edge of South Africa (Jonathan Ball), edited by Liz McGregor and Sarah Nuttall — suggest that the edge of South Africa goes right through its heart.