Rian Malan is one of the few writers that can create a truly round perspective of a character and culture. "My Traitor's Heart" spares no ethnic group nor no individual in South Africa (even himself) an honest look in the mirror. Any person trying to understand South Africa or the state of race relations in any country must read this book! Though the book educates you, it is written in a casual style that makes for an easy read. Get an honest perspective of South Africa - READ THIS BOOK!

MY TRAITOR'S HEART jeopardizes numerous comfortable prejudices surrounding not only South Africa's specific and now defunct form of institutionalized racism, apartheid, but also the nature and history of racist thinking itself. It is hard to imagine a more trustworthy writer than Malan, a brutally honest witness, a blunt and necessary critic, an author whose story grips the reader more surely than any pulp fiction offering, but who manages--against considerable odds--never to exploit his topic for cheap readability. Malan spends most of the book confronting us with images of brutality that manifest the worst elements of human nature, challenging us to look in a mirror that returns an unflattering, even loathsome, portrait; but then, in the final section, he offers us Creina Alcock, a woman who refuses--despite horrific provocation--to give in to the hatred and violence that consumes her country, and who thereby exemplifies what is best in the human character. This book will change your life

Rian Malan has created a masterpiece - it cannot be stated otherwise. This book captures one's heart from the very beginning and it continues to do so throughout the book.

Rian Malan's illustration of the horrible acts during Apartheid must strike even the toughest soul, and the reader is left with a feeling of: 'how could this happen. How could the international community merely stand still and watch?'

The feeling, the atmosphere - the entire appeal to every kind of dignity in the human capacity is sought throughout My Traitors Heart.

If one wants to acquire knowledge of South Africa during the Apartheid regime, or merely read a masterpiece that will capture your emotions: read Rian Malan's 'My Traitors Heart'.