<P> The Los Angeles Times concludes the book review with "This book is really a number of silly little stories strung loosely together like' schlenters' (fools diamonds) about to fall off a string of dental floss .", referring to terms used in South Africa, while the London Review of Books ended with "This particular story is so schematically written that it could be used as a script for a film which has not yet been made but will undoubtedly proceed, as of right, to the wide screen ." </P> <P> A television miniseries adaptation aired beginning on February 19, 1984, starring Dyan Cannon as Kate Blackwell, Ian Charleson as Jamie McGregor, David Birney as David Blackwell, Harry Hamlin as Tony Blackwell, Johnny Sekka as Banda, Cherie Lunghi as Margaret McGregor, and Fernando Allende as George Mellis, with several notable actors in smaller roles, including Alan Dobie (as MacMillan), Jimmy Nail (as Schmidt), Stratford Johns (as Zimmerman) and Barry Morse (as Dr. Harley). The miniseries was produced by CBS Television and Rosemont Productions International Ltd . It was nominated for the Emmy Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special" for the first part of the series . The miniseries was released on DVD on May 4, 2009 . </P>

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