Nadine Gordimer: The House Gun

Feburary, 2015

Harold and Claudia Lindgard have recieved the news that their son, Duncan, has been arrested for murder. In their middle ages and members of the white upper middle class, Harold and Claudia’s confusion over how their son could be capable of taking a life is the kernel of the book. Set in a young post-apartheid South Africa, race, class, capital punishment, gun control and gang violence are all live issues and touch upon at various points.

I definitely did not give the book the attention it deserved, but will still say that I found it unremarkable.