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    "description": "For years, it had been what is called a \"deteriorating situation.\" Now all over South Africa the cities are battlegrounds. The members of the Smales family\u2014liberal whites\u2014are rescued from the terror by their servant, July, who leads them to refuge in his village. What happens to the Smaleses and to July\u2014the shifts in character and relationships\u2014gives us an unforgettable look into the terrifying, tacit understandings and misunderstandings between blacks and whites.",
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