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The Black Angel by John Connolly (Hodder & Stoughton) Connolly takes his Charlie Parker series from the serial-killer realm towards supernatural horror. Killer Louis is searching…
Are women really liberated?
How liberated is the 21st century woman as the abundance of freedom has left her more exhausted now with unlimited responsibilities asks MaQueen Motuba. <i>Stitched-up</i> by…
A lot more than a mere journey
Kate, in her mid-50s and married several times begins to feel a change, begins to care less about the material world and, in an attempt to prove this to herself, burns "several…
Singing with my heart
<i>The Closest of Strangers</i> takes one on a historic journey of South Africa with women as the key navigators, writes MaQueen Motuba.
The unbearable lightness of SABC greats
The list of Great South Africans should have, and could have, shed some light on the most pertinent questions of our time. But such a ranking needs to include all of South…
Truth and power
Nominated for both the Orange Prize and the Booker longlist, <em>Purple Hibiscus</em> is a thought-provoking novel that looks at what religion means to people in a changing…