<p>A letter bearing news of boyhood friend Karl Udengaard's death sets Maximilian Fritz on a path of disconcerting reminiscences on his last day as editor of a community newspaper.<br>Growing up as the son of a petrol-station owner in a Lowveld town, twelve-year-old Max is bashed around and bullied – until the arrival of Karl Udengaard. Karl teaches Max how to toughen up, while Max's feelings for Gunna Udengaard, Karl's enigmatic mother, rage in secret.<br>Tragedy severs Max's ties with the wealthy Udengaards. As the decades-old memories unravel, he begins to comprehend his own complicity in his and their misfortunes.<br>Due South of Copenhagen is a masterful tale of the scope of intimate connections between people, small-town living during the height of South Africa's Border War, and what it takes to put the past to rest.</p>