Mehring is rich. He has all the privileges and possessions that South Africa has to offer, but his possessions refuse to remain objects. His wife, son and mistress leave him; his foreman and workers become indifferent to his stewardship; even the land rises up, as drought, then flood, and destroys his farm.
A fascinating portrait of a man both reckless and calculating, a "conservationist" left only with the possibility of self-preservation.
