1. The writer's place: Coetzee and postcolonial literature -- 2. Writing violence: Dusklands -- 3. The wrong kind of love: In the Heart of the Country -- 4. An ethical awakening: Waiting for the Barbarians -- 5. Gardening as resistance: Life and Times of Michael K --6. The maze of doubting: Foe -- 7. A true confession: Age of Iron -- 8. Producing the demon: The Master of Petersburg