Burning bright

Plot

Danny Rothbart is a good looking, bright, popular teenager in a Jewish community in South Africa in this dark coming-of-age novel. His only problem is a single gloomy secret: he is deeply ashamed of the trouble he is having losing his virginity. Unable to talk with his conservative parents, he turns for advice to his charismatic uncle Harold. Unfortunately, his Uncle is revealed to be a serial child molester who draws a vulnerable Danny into a manipulative and abusive relationship.