Paton, Alan

After violating his country's strictest law governing relationships between the races, a young white South African police lieutenant must struggle alone against the censure of the intolerant society that refuses to forgive his crime.

Presents stories of the problems of South Africa as seen by a native of that country.

Accused of murdering a white man, a young black man in South Africa is helped by his minister father and by a white attorney, but the racial problems of the country prevent justice from being done.

This "is the deeply moving story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son, Absalom, set against the background of a land and a people riven by racial injustice. Remarkable for its lyricism, unforgettable for character and incident, Cry, the Beloved Country is a classic work of love and hope, courage and endurance, born of the dignity of man."--inside front cover.