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* Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton.

Absalom was the name of Stephen Kumalo's son in the novel.

Like the historical Absalom, Absalom Kumalo was at odds with his father, the two fighting a moral and ethical battle of sorts over the course of some of the novel's most important events.

Absalom kills and murders a man, and also meets an untimely death.