Chloë Peacock
February 2004
Bitter Fruit - (Man Booker Prize 2004, Longlist)
Bitter Fruit is the story of the Ali family, set in South Africa during the investigations leading up to the Truth Committee Report. As a member of the political underground fighting apartheid, Silas was made witness to the rape of his wife Lydia, by a white policeman, of which their son Mickey is the product.
• Fiction
