Flanery depicts the insular, insecure society of his white South Africans without apology and without condemnation.

NEWYORKER: Unreconciled

But although Flanery, too, takes a dark view of history, and resists offering false comfort, his is a more capacious darkness.

NEWYORKER: Unreconciled

"Other than McKenzie, we couldn't throw it in the ocean the first 15 minutes, yet we were still in the game, " Creighton coach Jim Flanery said.

WSJ: Creighton hangs on to defeat Syracuse 61-56