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The Thrill of the Thriller

Posted by Andre Kruger on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, In : Crime Fiction 


The thrill of the thriller


There used to be a vacuum in South African fiction, right there on the border between crime fiction and thrillers with contemporary interest. One that needed to be filled with fast-paced, high tension, relevant stories with recognisable, interesting characters set in the roiling society of post-apartheid SA. That gap has been filled by Deon Meyer. At the outset you will discover that he possesses that vital skill authors in these genres need (and often lack) –...

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The Weirdness

Posted by André Krüger on Tuesday, June 9, 2009, In : Crime Fiction 

The Weirdness


 I  have just finished reading Christopher Brookmyre's Be My Enemy and it was hugely enjoyable.He is one of the foremost satirical authors in the UK and writes a kind of crime fiction. I say a kind of because he is very hard to classify and label, much in the same way that Iain Banks is. He is often likened to Carl Hiaasen but to my mind is much funnier and subtler. While he normally starts out in a manner that lulls you into thinking that you are confronted with a run-of-the-mil...


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