Exceptionally compelling novel entitled "Panopticon" by Vernon Muller is published

LONDON - July 28, 2022 - PRLog -- ISBN #‎978-1803699967

Exceptionally compelling novel entitled "Panopticon" by Vernon Muller is published by New Generation Publishing

A painfully poignant story of conscience, conflict and redemption set during apartheid in South Africa

About the Book:

A panopticon is an all-seeing system of control.

This story is set in Apartheid South Africa where racial segregation was aggressively enforced by the white rulers. An innocent friendship between a white man Richard and a black man Simon brings them under surveillance of the feared and ruthless Security Police. Their friendship challenges the notion of white superiority and as a result both men suffer insults, abuse and brutal persecution.

"This is a gripping and compelling story that makes the full horror of apartheid and racism chillingly real." (The Very Revd. Peter Judd, Dean Emeritus of Chelmsford)

Excerpt from "Panopticon":

"'At the door of his room, he cups a hand to his ear and listens for any further screams. However, he hears nothing. In a desperate panic he bangs repeatedly with his fists on the door shouting, 'What's going on? Someone, please tell me?' He bangs his head on the door. There is no response. He falls against the door with his hands clutching and pulling at his hair. After some time, he gets up, turns, then stumbles over the towel he has dropped in his panic and falls to the floor grazing the palms of his hands. He lies whimpering on the hard-wooden boards. Eventually he crawls to a corner of the room. Sitting on the floor he pulls his knees up to his chin. He sits there shuddering, almost unable to breathe because of the sobs that rise through his chest. He thinks he is going mad, and hysterically whimpers to himself, 'Will I be next? Please, please, don't let it be me!' He sits there crouched down, mewing like some sort of cornered animal. Eventually, exhaustion takes over and there on the floor he falls into a troubled sleep."

"Panopticon" by Vernon Muller is available in hardback from Amazon at:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Panopticon-Vernon-Muller/dp/1803699957

The paperback version is available from Amazon at:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Panopticon-Vernon-Muller/dp/1803699965

This exceptional novel can also be downloaded in e-book format from:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Panopticon-Vernon-Muller-ebook/dp/B09MJ5TV55

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