4 Ergebnisse.

Len and his father, Son, might as well live on different planets. If the latter is a puritanical curmudgeon in his late 80s, then Len, a recent divorcee in his early 40s, is interested in one thing and one thing only: sex. They couldn't be more different - or similar. They are both storytellers. So when Len tries to get behind his father's good-time stories of World War Two, he discovers that its horrors are right here on his doorstep - just l...

Why does a world-famous woman ask down-and-out private investigator Harry Mann to find her missing teenage daughter, Angela? What exactly do they see in each other's eyes? And why is anyone who has anything to do with Angela ending up dead? Why does concert pianist Hari Manze agree to perform for a crazed African dictator, who is building a Tower of Babel up to his brother, Christ, in the Kgalagadi desert? Why is he preparing a feast for eve...

Son is a stunning achievement in post-apartheid writing. The debut novel by South African writer, Neil Sonnekus, Son brims with brio, verve and swagger. Though laugh-out-loud funny at times, it is also achingly poignant and deeply moving.

Why does a world-famous woman ask down-and-out private investigator Harry Mann to find her missing daughter, Angela? What do they see in each other's eyes? And why is anyone who has anything to do with Angela ending up dead?What possessed concert pianist Hari Manze to accept an invitation to perform at Babele, a half-built luxury hotel in the Kgalagadi desert that is actually an ex-president's vision of building a Tower of Babel up to his brot...