STEIN, SYLVESTER. — Second-Class Taxi.

Cape Town: Africasouth Paperbacks, 1983. Rep. "This is the story of Staffnurse Phofolo, a 'Non-European from Non-Europe'. In this novel of the 1950's, young Staffnurse is an 'illegal' black man. He inhabits a concrete drainpipe (a quite illicit dwelling), he frequents shebeens, he takes part in the Rand bus boycotts, and lives in Johannesburg without the requisite permit. He has no permit, in fact, to exist at all." Pp.209, slight toning to pages, name to fep. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.