Extracts
Extract: Private Beijing by James Patterson
19 January 2023
The new thriller in James Patterson's bestselling Private series, featuring private investigator Jack Morgan.
CHAPTER 1
THE LIGHTS OF Beijing, city of twenty-two million souls, stretched as far as the eye could see and shimmered and danced in the July heat, adding a touch of magic to the darkness. Shang Li loved this city,...
Extract: Junx by Tshidiso Moletsane
15 November 2022
Prepare for a party night that courses from Soweto to the Joburg CBD as Tshidiso Moletsane’s explosive novel serves shots of sex, drugs and anxiety while tearing into life, death, race and politics.
“THE SOUTHERN LIGHTS ARE STILL DANCING ABOVE ME. The rain against the metal train carriages sounds like applause. The...
Extract: The Quality of Mercy by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
15 November 2022
In her most magnificent novel yet, award-winning author Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu showcases the history of a country transitioning from a colonial to a postcolonial state with a deft touch and a compassionate eye for poignant detail. Linked to The Theory of Flight and The History of Man, Ndlovu’s novel nevertheless stands...
Extract: All the Broken Places by John Boyne
15 November 2022
Ninety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby has lived in the same mansion block in London for decades. She leads a comfortable, quiet life, despite her dark and disturbing past. She doesn't talk about her escape from Germany over seventy years before. She doesn't talk about the post-war years in France with her mother. Most of all, she doesn't...
Extract: Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
15 November 2022
Retired tennis player Carrie Soto is back, for one epic final season. In this riveting and unforgettable novel, Taylor Jenkins Reid tells a story about the cost of greatness and a legendary athlete attempting a comeback.
CHAN VS. CORTEZ
US Open
September 1994
“My entire life’s work rests on the outcome of...
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