# An Act of Terror

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- Book: [An Act of Terror](https://www.bookquiver.com/andre-brink/an-act-of-terror) ([An Act of Terror.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/andre-brink/an-act-of-terror.md))
- Authors: [André Brink](https://www.bookquiver.com/andre-brink)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-07-4939-931-3
- Pages: 848
- Published: 1993-08-16
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

`A massive apartheid thriller centred on a plot to blow up none other than the State President outside the gates of Cape Town Castle. . . Brink at his robust and imaginative best' - Adam Low, Daily Telegraph . A profound novel set in South Africa that combines compelling action with an intellectual confrontation of the author's poitically volatile home country. A brave masterpiece from Booker Prize shortlisted, award-winning author André Brink.