Early novel by South African fiction writer Dan Jacobson chronicles the life of Kenneth Makeer, a black man whose skin is light enough to "pass for" white. Through good fortune he acquires a benefactor who pays for his education and makes it possible for him to study law in London. While in London he becomes involved with a white South African, Isabel Last. Knowing the specific danger they face, they marry and return to South Africa, where both are imprisoned under the Immorality Act, a real law of Apartheid South Africa that criminalized sexual relations between whites and non-whites. Convincing portrayal of the struggle of South African blacks and their white sympathizers to endure an oppressive society and yet overcome its absurd restrictions. ( )