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Tamaryn Watkins Reviews Thirty Second World
03 June 2013
I absolutely adored it. I ploughed through it in one weekend. Emma van der Vliet has a very South African Olivia Goldsmith-ish way of writing, which I thought was simply superb. I didn’t actually realise that it was a South African novel (I didn’t read the back cover before I started) until I came across the word “kak”....
Review: A Delicate Truth
27 May 2013
The magnificent new John le Carré novel, A Delicate Truth, is truly a feast of vintage le Carré. Fifty years after a young Foreign Office official, David Cornwell, became John le Carré, he has returned to his old stamping ground – only to dissect it with a quiet fury.
A counter terrorism operation is mounted in...
Introducing Jackie Cameron Cooks at Home
03 May 2013
Jackie Cameron is one of the most exciting chefs working in South Africa today. Under her leadership the Hartford House restaurant in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands has been in the top 10 in all of the South African culinary awards, achieving the first when she was just 25 years old.
Jackie Cameron Cooks at Home shows the professional...
Lesley Pearse's Forgive Me - and an Exciting Competition
18 April 2013
Lesley Pearse's new novel, Forgive Me, has hit South African bookstores. We're asking readers to tell us why they love Lesley Pearse for a chance to win a weekend getaway for two plus a hamper of goodies. Click here to find out more and enter the competition.
About the book
Lesley Pearse, No. 1 UK bestselling author of The...
Margaret Thatcher - The Authorized Biography
17 April 2013
The biography was commissioned in 1997 on the understanding that it would not be published during Lady Thatcher’s lifetime. Charles Moore was given full access to Lady Thatcher’s private papers and interviewed her extensively; she supported all his requests for interviews with others, including those who worked most closely with her...
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