{"product_id":"9780795707841","title":"Going Back to Say Goodbye - A Boyhood on the Mine","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this novel Kenneth de Kok describes his childhood in Stilfontein, a small mining town in the Transvaal. Set in the 1950s, the story immerses the reader in a world of bicycle races down dirt roads, kleilat fights, childhood pacts and seaside holidays. It's a world of Post Toasties, chickenpox, pellet guns and catties  -  a universe populated by siblings and grown-ups, by Grandma and Grandpa. It's a memoir about fathers and sons and growing up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKenneth de Kok was born in Johannesburg in 1949 and grew up in Stilfontein, a gold-mining town in the Western Transvaal (now North West Province). He studied law and politics at the University of the Witwatersrand, lived in the UK and the Netherlands and moved to Canada in 1978. Kenneth is married to poet Carolyn Smart. They have three sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Kenneth+de+Kok\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eKenneth de Kok\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kenneth de Kok","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47584861716643,"sku":"9780795707841","price":230.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780795707841_2c1d418d-916b-443b-9c9a-483e82c06c74.jpg?v=1776496953","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9780795707841","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}