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Can I read A Mouthful of Glass on EtoBox?
A Mouthful of Glass by Henk van Woerden is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Mouthful of Glass about?
The story of an assassin - the man who killed Hendrick Verwoerd, the racist prime minister of South Africa, in 1966. The killer was a man lost between the races, maddened by not knowing who or what he was. Demitrios Tsafendas was born in Mozambique of a Greek father and African mother.
Who reads A Mouthful of Glass?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Henk van Woerden
- Publisher
- Granta; Granta Books
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781862073838
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Social Science, Literary Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.84 / 5 (27 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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