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Continue reading...Exclusive Books The Boeke Judges’ comments on The Help
8. October 2009
Kate Turkington from 702, voiced an overriding sentiment with her comment: “The Help is not only a wonderful, unputdownable read, but its story of the relationships between the black maids who raise the white children, and who love them so much; and the closed, bigoted society of the white madams, most of whom don’t appreciate [...]
Continue reading...The Help by Kathryn Stockett has won the Exclusive Books 2009 Boeke Prize!
8. October 2009
Penguin Books is proud to announce that The Help by Kathryn Stockett has won the Exclusive Books 2009 Boeke Prize! Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Black maids raise white children, but aren’t trusted not to steal the silver. Some lines will never be crossed. The Help is a deeply moving, timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and [...]
Continue reading...Charlie Higson’s The Enemy
6. October 2009
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Continue reading...Letter from Charlie Higson…
1. October 2009
Dear Reader, We all need to be scared. It’s good for the soul. Having spent five years writing straight thrillers for kids I was tempted to try another genre. I thought I owed it to the children to scare the living daylights out of them. My boys love horror, and my youngest is obsessed by zombies. They fascinate [...]
Continue reading...Outlaw by Angus Donald
17. August 2009
Outlaw Angus Donald EAN: 9780751542080 Format: Paperback Release Date: 1 August 2009 Price: R110 When he’s caught stealing, young Alan Dale is forced to leave his family and go to live with a notorious band of outlaws in Sherwood Forest. Their leader is the infamous Robin Hood. A tough, bloodthirsty warrior, Robin is more feared than any man in the county. [...]
Continue reading...The Wisdom of Whores by Elizabeth Pisani
17. August 2009
The Wisdom of Whores Elizabeth Pisani EAN: 9781847080004 Format: Hardback Release Date: 1 July 2008 Price: R185 Elizabeth Pisani has spent ten years working as a scientist in the bloated AIDS industry. In The Wisdom of Whores , she unfolds a universe of brothels and bureaucracies, of bickering junkies and squabbling charities, of men who sell sex and men who [...]
Continue reading...Black Sunshine by Dambudzo Marechera – Penguin African Writers Series
17. August 2009
Penguin African Writers Series: Black Sunshine Dambudzo Marechera EAN: 9780143026204 Format: Paperback Release Date: 1 August 2009 Price: R130 In an unspecified setting the narrative traces the fortunes of a group of anarchists in revolt against a military-fascist-capitalist opposition. The central character is a press photographer, Chris, whose camera lens becomes the device through which Marechera cleverly unravels the story’s [...]
Continue reading...Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga – Man Booker Prize Winning Author
17. August 2009
Between the Assassinations Aravind Adiga EAN: 9781848871229 Format: Trade Paperback Release Date: 1 August 2009 Price: R200 Welcome to Kittur, an imaginary everytown nestling on the Indian coast south of Goa and north of Calicut. Journeying through its streets and schoolyards, bedrooms and businesses, its inner workings and outer limits, Aravind Adiga weaves a remarkable fictional tapestry of India in the [...]
Continue reading...As The Crow Flies – Penguin African Writers Series
17. August 2009
Penguin African Writers Series: As The Crow Flies Veronique Tadjo EAN: 9780143026228 Format: Paperback Release Date: 1 August 2009 Price: R130 Véronique Tadjo weaves together a rich tapestry of voices to tell stories of parting and return, suffering, healing and desire in a lyrical and moving exploration of the human heart. Like a bird in flight, the reader travels across [...]
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