Psychological thriller set in BASINGSTOKE (Hampshire)
Zebra Crossing
Location(s): Cape Town
Genre(s): Fiction
Era(s): Contemporary
Ghost. Ape. Living dead. Young and albino, Chipo has been called many things, but to her mother — Zimbabwe’s most loyal Manchester United supporter — she had always been a gift.
On the eve of the World Cup, Chipo and her brother flee to Cape Town, hoping for a better life and to share in the excitement of the greatest sporting event ever to take place in Africa. But the Mother City’s infamous Long Street is a dangerous place for an illegal immigrant and an albino. Soon Chipo is caught up in a get-rich-quick scheme organised by her brother and the terrifying Dr Ongani. Exploiting gamblers’ superstitions about albinism, they plan to make money and get out of the city before rumours of looming xenophobic attacks become a reality. But their scheming has devastating consequences.
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