Author’s journey offers an honest, funny and realistic take on South Africa and its people.
Sad and sobering tale about the venality of human nature turns readers’ perceptions on their head.
For anyone who savours the mystique of our history, this novel will take you there and then some.
<b>Rhumba</b> is a good story and has the makings of a good novel, but it is not there yet.
This novel is reminiscent of the film <em>The Big Chill </em>and David Lodge’s novels set in university environs; it even has a touch of Woody Allen.
Tracey Farrenhas a true gift for getting into the hearts of very ordinary people.
Yewande Omotoso gives considerable insight into what it is like to be a migrant from the northern part of Africa.
Jane Rosenthal picks potential prize-winners from last year’s crop of South African books.
An alternate take on the Messiah’s birth brings
modern women’s issues into the picture.
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/ 18 November 2011
Erich Rautenbach begins this wild and somewhat melancholic memoir with his arrest by two drug-squad cops.