Writers Write Book Review

by Gavin Chait (Doubleday) ISBN: 9780857523761 This is a science-fiction novel set in a remote village of Nigeria called Ewuru. The villagers discover the body of

Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum (Mantle) ISBN: 9781447280804 It is rare that a first novel is so beautifully written, rich, profound and deep. Anna is an

by Agent Kasper translated by John Cullen and Luigi Carletti (A&U Canongate) ISBN: 9781782115731 Super notes are counterfeit $100 bills so authentically made that the

by Jessica Khoury (Penguin Young Readers) ISBN 978-1-50514-766-0 A group of American teenagers arrive by helicopter in the Kalahari bush. They are disappointed to find

by Joshua Maluleke (Blackbird Books) ISBN: 9781928337164 Maluleke writes the following in the Author’s Note, “The book aims to educate all South Africans about the

by Katie Agnew (Orion) ISBN: 9781409124917 Sophia Beaumont Brown, the epitome of good girl gone bad, has led a privileged life, now marred by drugs

Edited by Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu and Miranda Strydom (PanMacmillan South Africa) ISBN: 9781770103412 The Thabo Mbeki I Know is a book of 46 recollections, and

edited by Joanne Hichens (Tattoo Press) ISBN: 9780994680518 This collection of South African short stories is the latest from the Short. Sharp. Stories Awards, supported

by Jennifer Bell (Corgi Books) ISBN: 9780552572507 Jennifer Bell began her career in in children’s books as a specialist bookseller at Foyles in London, one

by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge (Century) ISBN 978-1-78-089273-3 Michael Bennett returns in this action-packed story, this time to stop an assassination attempt on the US president.