Coetzee John Maxwell. Disgrace

In his sober, searing and even cynical little book "Disgrace", John Maxwell Coetzee tells us something we all suspect and fear - that political change can do almost nothing to eliminate human misery. "Disgrace" is Coetzee's first book to deal explicitly with post-apartheid South Africa, and the picture it paints is a cheerless one that will comfort no one, no matter what race, nationality or viewpoint.
"Disgrace" won the Booker Prize (1999) and the Commonwealth Writers Prize (2000). It was made into a film in 2008, directed by Steve Jacobs and starring John Malkovich.