The Promise – Damon Galgut dystopian Simon is another matter

Simon is another matter

memory and forgetting

and second chances will charm you with its grounded

From the author of Surrounded by Idiots

She quickly wins over Anouk

The Promise – Damon Galgut dystopian Simon is another matterWinner of the 2021 Booker Prize, The Promise is a towering family saga set against the sweep of post apartheid South Africa intimate, incisive, and impossible to forget. The Swart family gathers on their farm outside Pretoria for their mother's funeral. The younger generation Anton and Amor detest everything the family stands for, not least the broken promise made to Salome, the Black woman who has worked for them her whole life. She was promised her