Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

J.M. Coetzee is a South African (white) writer. This story is about a twice divorced man, Prof David Lurie, who seduces young women  (often his students). His obsessions catch up to him when a complaint is finally filed and he is tried by his colleagues who try to help him repent, but he declares himself guilty and unwilling to repent and thus looses his teaching job. He heads out to the country to reconnect with his daughter, Lucy, who eeks out a living farming on a scrap of land. While he is there, a roaming group of young black men come to the house, rape Lucy, kill her dogs and steal David's car. Lucy's reaction to the event "I am staying and not filing charges" baffles her father. His anger toward the young men who commit the crime is full of ironies considering his conquests of young women. Life in the new South African and the relationships of men and women, whites and blacks made this short book a good quick read.