cover image January Sun: One Day, Three Lives, a South African Town

January Sun: One Day, Three Lives, a South African Town

Richard Stengel. Holiday House, $8.95 (208pp) ISBN 978-0-671-73288-2

Profiles of three South Africans--a white supremacist, a black activist and an Indian shopkeeper belonging to the country's significant Asian minority--provide a cross section of a riven society. ``In his flat, careful recording of what he sees and hears, Stengel presents a powerful picture of South Africa as a prison camp, run by and for the benefit of the whites,'' reported PW. (Jan.)