Patrick Flanery

Hope against hope

Jimfish, Christopher Hope’s caustic new satire on South Africa, has a surprisingly upbeat finale — but Patrick Flanery is unconvinced

A sign common in Johannesburg in 1956 (Photo: Getty)

  • Jimfish

    Christopher Hope

    Atlantic, pp. 192

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