An Ounce of Practice

Leo Zeilig

 

Synopsis

Set between London and Harare in the present day, the novel follows a group of quasi-revolutionaries who are fighting against Mugabe’s dictatorship and in favour of Socialist policies. It is a novel about hope, fear, and failure, and how fighting for an all-consuming cause can forge some relationships but ruin others.

Review

An Ounce of Practice is a richly populated and original novel about the toll of fighting wholeheartedly for a political cause.

Author

Leo Zeilig is a writer and researcher. He has written extensively on African politics and history, including books on working-class struggle and the development of revolutionary movements, and biographies on some of Africa s most important political thinkers and activities.