My Traitor's Heart Blood and Bad Dreams : a South African Explores the Madness in His Country, His Tribe and Himself

Rian Malan is an Afrikaner, a member of the clan that produced Daniel François Malan, one of the master builders of apartheid, and General Magnus Malan, South Africa’s Minister of Defence. In 1977, he fled his homeland to live in America. Eight years later, he returned home to face his country, his tribe and his conscience, and to write My Traitor’s Heart .