WRITING BLACK [inscribed]

221 pages, black & white illus., foxing to fore-edge, hardback, d.w. a little worn and creased at top of spine

Inscribed by Richard Rive to Gregoire Boonzaier on the front free endpaper: 

"For Gregoire 

with admiration and regard

from 

Richard Rive

July 1983"

Richard Rive (1931-1989) grew up in District Six. His writing first appeared in magazines such as Drum and short story anthologies. He later published the novels Emergency; Buckingham Palace, District Six; and Emergency Continued, which was completed shortly before he was murdered in his home in 1989