Summer Reading

An edited version of the essay ‘Broken Wall: Robin Rhode’s Theatre of Place’ from the book ‘The Geometry of Colour’ (Rhodeworks/Skira)

Conrad Botes makes a comment on censorship, while Zapiro has his finger on the pulse as usual

The reader navigates themes such as migration, black masculinity, displacement, aspirations, racial identity and sexuality before wokeness

An exhaustive book provides the political, social and sporting backdrop to the 1912 triangular Test tournament between England, Australia and SA.

<b>Imraan Coovadia</b> finds the points of difference in two authors’ approaches to writing.

An alternate take on the Messiah’s birth brings modern women’s issues into the picture.

Erich Rautenbach begins this wild and somewhat melancholic memoir with his arrest by two drug-squad cops.

<b>Gwen Ansell</b> rounds up some of the latest science fiction and fantasy releases.

It has much going for it, but Stephenson’s ­stereotypical treatment of Muslim ­terrorists lets his latest novel down.

<em>The Fear Index</em>, a financial what-if, takes place entirely on the day that the Blair-Brown years officially ended: May 6 2010, election day.

Ivan Vladislavic plays not only with the idea of unwritten books or stories, but also with the idea of finishing itself.

This ultra-readable pop-historical epic is the fourth bulky instalment of a sequence about the rise of the Mongol khans.

For avid readers of Vladislavic’s eight books, this collection is a ­worthy, accessible ­reference to keep close.

The creator of the popular <i>Conqueror</i> and <i>Emperor</i> series does immaculate detail through broad strokes

Darryl Accone breaks down Exclusive Books’s list of recommended summer reading.