Miracle of crocodile flats, by Jenny Hobbs
Clever satire with the Virgin Mary appearing in a small SA village. With wry humour, Hobbs exposes the hypocrisy, corruption and absurdity inherent in formalised religion, balancing this with flashes of its more benign side, such as its ability to unite and bring solace.
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Pieternella – Daughter of Eva, by Dalene Matthee
Pieternella, Daughter of Eva opens in the early days of the first white settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, beneath the shadow of Table Mountain, with the Dutch East India Company clinging precariously to a little piece of land – Robben Island – in Table
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Canvas under the sky, by Robin Binckes
It is 1834.The Eastern Cape frontier is burning, Rauch Beukes, a young Boer of 17, returns to the family homestead to find it razed, the livestock gone and his mother and sisters slaughtered by the marauding Xhosa from across the Great Fish River.
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Trackers – Deon Meyer
Not only a heart-pounding thriller, but also a love story and a fabulous kaleidoscopic picture of South African society, this is the finest novel yet from an author whose reputation is growing all around the world.
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