Blogs in July 2019

The Blessed Girl 4th July 2019

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 SOUTH AFRICAN SUNDAY TIMES LITERARY AWARDS Young, beautiful and ambitious, Bontle Tau has Johannesburg wrapped around her finger. Her generous admirers are falling over themselves to pay for her Mercedes, her penthouse,...

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One Young Fool in South Africa 31st July 2017

“Have I ever told you about my seventh birthday?” “Only a million times.” Who is Joe Twead? Where did he come from? What happened before Joe met Victoria and they moved to a crazy Spanish mountain village? Dark, funny,...

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Jozi Gold 29th June 2014

When Jozi, as Johannesburg, South Africa’s city of gold is affectionately known, was chosen as the main venue for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, it produced an atmosphere of mingled excitement and anxiety. Along with the promise of national...

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Shifting Colours 19th May 2014

Celia Mphephu works as a maid for Mr and Mrs Steiner in a leafy, white man’s suburb of 1960s Johannesburg. When racial tensions in the country reach fever pitch and the Steiners plan to relocate to England, they offer...

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Smokescreen 1st January 1970

Edward Lincoln had scaled the Himalayas, survived deadly car chases, defeated scores of assassins. As a film action man he’d even suffered stoically at the hands of sadistic directors. After finishing his latest film, he’s asked to visit South...

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