Patrick Flanery’s debut novel, Absolution, is a bold, fresh literary work that explores themes and ideas that are particularly relevant to contemporary South Africans.Our comprehensive, 264-page workbook-format resource features: an extensive introduction to the novel, its author and its historical background; detailed summaries of every chapter; rich literary analyses; chapter-specific short questions and stimulating enrichment tasks with rubrics; together with an extensive examination-focused essay section that includes guidelines, annotated examples and 20 challenging essay questions.