This great South African author was born in 1903. He wrote Cry, the Beloved Country a novel about the tragedy of apartheid in South Africa. The book is a classic in what I would call Christian literature. I don’t know if Paton was a Christian or not, but some of his characters certainly were. The book tells the story of an Anglican priest whose son has run away and fallen into a life of crime. It’s a story of redemption, but the redemption doesn’t come easily.
Here’s some more information from last year about Paton and his writing. I highly recommend Cry the Beloved Country.