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• The book takes its title from a quotation from a poem by G K Chesterton. Father Trevor Huddleston wrote this book when he was serving as a clergyman in South Africa, at a time when apartheid, and all its accompanying horrors, were at their height. In strong - often pungent - language he challenges the racist attitudes and self-interested complacency of the time. South Africa has moved on a lot since those days of oppression and fear - but much of what he said to awaken a sense of outrage then could still be true in many so-called civilized and developed nations today. Even if you disagree with what Father Huddleston says, the power of his argument, and his love for the South Africans of all races must surely impress you.

• One of my favorite books about the struggle against apartheid, told beautifully and movingly by a humble Christian minister passionately committed to justice. It is also a vital record of the tragedy of Sophiatown, the lively integrated suburb of Johannesburg that was bulldozed under by the apartheid regime for white resettlement in the late 1950s. (Blacks were 'resettled' in Meadowlands [Soweto] and elsewhere.) My one concern/complaint about THIS version is that I wonder about copyright violation of Huddleston's original book: the statue cited at the front of this text refers to legal reproduction of "an original work published before 1923," but this book was published by Doubleday & Co. in 1956. What gives, I wonder? Also, in my copy pages 191-192 are missing. Nabu Public Domain Reprints: what's up? Father Trevor Huddleston deserves better.

• I became interested in his work partly through reading work by Desmond Tutu. Trevor genuinely cares for his field and this work certaunly helps anyone unfamiliar with his work to appreciate and understand it. People such as Trevor don not seems to be either around any more or do n ot get the publicity they richly deserve.

• A must read for anyone interested in the individual stories and experiences of non South Africans who stood up against the horrors of apartheid. Of special interest to worldwide Anglicans and Episcopalians who track the involvement of priest activists fighting against injustice, and who track the legacy in South Africa from Trevor Huddleston to Desmond Tutu.

• I knew Trevor and corresponded with him over the years. We last met in Thaxted Church the day after Nelson Mandela was released from prison. Trevor was instrumental in that release. Anything he wrote about his time in South Africa is well worth reading. Bob Miller Chelmsford 2.11.10

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