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Spiral by Paul McEuen (Headline) ISBN 978-0-7553-7463-2

by Eddie Grieb and Stuart Farmer (Jonathan Ball) ISBN: 978-1-868424481 The publishing of this book coincides with the 2011 World Cup. The Springbok Handbook has data about South Africa’s participation in the Rugby World Cup since the infamous 1995 win. Grieb and Farmer are statisticians with impressive CVs. They are the guys who provide the

by Gareth Cliff (Jonathan Ball) ISBN: 978-1-86842-455-9 Better known for his Deejaying slot on 5fm in the mornings, and for being one of the judges in the South African idols competition, Gareth Cliff’s book is quite an entertaining read. Yes he can be an old man at times – even at the tender age of

My Father. My Monster. by McIntosh Polela (Jacana) ISBN: 9781431401604

by Lars Kepler, translated from Swedish by Ann Long (Blue Door) ISBN 978-0-00-735911-0 Phew! This is an excellent read. I felt as if I was holding my breath along the way.The dramatic tension rests on an undercurrent of silent menace. The violence is not too overt or gory, but rather slick and cold.Detective Inspector Joona

by John Butler (Picador) ISBN: 978 0 330 51988 5 This is Irish Times columnist John Butler’s debut novel and it has all the winning appeal and with you would expect from an Irishman.It is set in San Francisco in 1994, just as the city is on the brink of the Dot Com boom when,

Not Afraid of Life by Bristol Palin (with Nancy French) (William Morrow) ISBN: 978 006 2089373