Stealing Water

£16.99

“Stealing Water” tells the tale of author Tim Ecott’s childhood in apartheid Johannesburg in the 1970s; a captivating and, given the situation, surprisingly funny account of an Irish emigré family finding themselves bankrupt in a slum suburb, living a poor, criminal and - quite literally - underground life.

In contrast to many African memoirs, wit & irreverence replace romance and wistfulness, as Ecott tells of his childhood world amongst the outcasts, rouges & prostitutes of a crumbling Johannesburg neighbourhood.