Download or read book Time of the Butcherbird written by Alex La Guma and published by Heinemann International Incorporated. This book was released on 1986-12-31 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out on the flat, featureless South African veld, a small mining town is waiting for rain. As the oppressive summer wears on, the white Afrikaner townspeople seem to be unaware of the storm brewing out on the plain. Out in the bush, a shepherd recalls the riddle of the butcherbird.