Achmat Dangor — Bitter Fruit

London, Atlantic Books, 2003. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition, first impression, of Achmat Dangor's Booker Prize shortlisted novel. This signed first UK edition, first impression, of celebrated South African author Achmat Dangor's novel 'Bitter Fruit' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2004. 'Bitter Fruit' tells the story of a disintegrating family in South Africa in the years following the end of the apartheid, helpless to the breakup of their marriage and the estrangement of their son. Dangor is an acclaimed writer, and in 2015 received a Lifetime Achievement Award by the South African Literary Awards. First UK edition, first impression, in unclipped dustwrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. A compelling work of modern South Africa, Dangor's 'Bitter Fruit' is in parts both harrowing, erotic, and satirical. In the publisher's original paperback binding, with unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. The dustwrapper is very smart, with only some minor handling to the spine and extremities, and some handling marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.