Win The Dream Deferred!

Win 4 copies of Mark Gevisser's acclaimed biography of Thabo Mbeki, The Dream Deferred

The Times is giving away four copies of Mark Gevisser's profound study of President Thabo Mbeki. Eight years in the writing Gevisser's book is being hailed as a tour de force, a gripping and highly readable account of Thabo Mbeki's life and his rule over South Africa since emerging out of the shadow of Nelson Mandela. Published by Jonathan Ball, The Dream Deferred hit the bestseller list when it launched and has remained on it since.

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The Dream Deferred (by Langston Hughes)

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?