A A Allen

A Fine Mess A A Allen

Apartheid? What's that? For a boy growing up in 1960s South Africa, that question would not even occur to him. Living a lifeof dubitable privilege in a country where, for Tony Allen, fun is the order of business. Nothing else matters, but the pursuit of hedonism. A Fine Mess walks the tightrope between political commentary and the pursuit of pleasure. The story gives a better view of the prevailing attitudes of the time than any political commentary can, being seen and described through the eyes of a young boy