The book finished, the process of publication unexpectedly spun out into a nightmare. Trouble began when BH
requested 94 free copies for her to give, as she had promised, to the people she interviewed. Reg Davis-Poynter
Publishing
Bessie Head
Meanwhile Giles Gordon
well-meaningly but rashly raised with BH
the question of her tax situation in Botswana. The publishers came up with a complicated arrangement to keep costs down, whereby Bateleur Press
would be the...