A review by alexbond3
Lost and Found in Johannesburg: A Memoir by Mark Gevisser

3.0

A very intimate book with details of this man’s life, past and present, which was at times moving to read but unfortunately did not add up to much for me. It was great to learn about Johannesburg, especially from the view of a white, middle-class, gay Jew growing up in the time of Apartheid. It was interesting to read about him growing up and learning about racism and how it shaped the world around him, discovering his sexuality and the world available to him at that time, and traveling away to the United States and Paris before coming back to rediscover his home and trauma he experienced there.