James Whyle

James Whyle grew up in the Amatole Mountains in South Africa. Conscripted into the apartheid army, he was discharged on the grounds of insanity. He did everything in his power to assist the authorities in arriving at this diagnosis. The resulting play, National Madness, won an Amstel Playwright of the Year merit award in 1982. His story, The Story, was chosen by JM Coetzee as winner of the 2011 Pen/Studzinski competition. The Book of War, a novel, won the M-Net Lit Prize for best debut in 2012.

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We Two From Heaven Final Front Cover

We Two From Heaven

A Memoir

We Two from Heaven is a highly original and bitter-sweet memoir exploring war, loss, memory and belonging.

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