Michael Shirley Michael Shirley i(A5244 works by)
Born: Established: 1936 Bloemfontein,
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South Africa,
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Southern Africa, Africa, ;
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1965
Heritage: South African
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1 1 y separately published work icon Cast the First Stone Michael Shirley , Balmain : Pentimento , 1994 Z282829 1994 single work novel historical fiction Cast the First Stone is a novel set in South Africa between 1949 and 1963, a period during which the brutal system of apartheid was devised and cultivated....The story is about an English-speaking journalist, Peter Stanley, working in the repressive, often violent racial environment of the country. He is married to an Afrikaner, which also means living with ethnic divisions within the family. ... The novel's main character, Peter Stanley, is a composite based on my father, Ernest Shirley, and most of the other characters are composites based on my family, my father's colleagues and acquaintances. (pp.1-3).
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