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Extract: The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and shortlisted for the Booker,
The Good Doctor is a powerful tale of a friendship overshadowed by betrayal, set against the tawdry hopes and disappointments of a post-apartheid South Africa. From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Promise, Damon Galgut.
Extract: The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and shortlisted for the Man Booker, The Good Doctor is a powerful tale of a friendship overshadowed by betrayal, set against the tawdry hopes and disappointments of a post-apartheid South Africa.
Extract: The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs by Damon Galgut
A year ago Patrick Winter, a young South African, was sent to Namibia to complete his military service and to defend his country against ‘terrorism’. Now he is back, to meet Godfrey, his mother’s freedom-fighter boyfriend, and to witness the country’s first free elections. From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Promise, Damon Galgut.
Extract: Arctic Summer by Damon Galgut
Against the backdrop of a world in flux at the start of a new century, Arctic Summer from Booker Prize-winning author of The Promise, Damon Galgut, portrays the life of British writer E. M. Forster: his inner turmoil, his search for love and the story behind one of the greatest novels in English, A Passage to India.
Extract: Better Off Dead by Lee Child & Andrew Child
Jack Reacher is back, in the brand new thriller from bestselling authors Lee and Andrew Child. Relentless action, a gripping mystery and a host of evil new enemies who are soon going to learn... they'd be better off dead. Read on for an exclusive first chapter from Better Off Dead.
May 28th
Extract: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The glorious new novel from the international bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six
Saturday, August 27, 1983
7:00 a.m.
Extract: Limerence by Vincent Pienaar
Warm-hearted and funny, Limerence is a tale guaranteed to lift the spirits of even the sourest of exes.
“NOT FOR CLARISSA THE PADDING AROUND THE HOUSE IN SLIPPERS, dressing gown and kopdoek, chasing down some elusive creative thought before it slithered into the shadows. She wasn’t one for the anxious cups of too-strong coffee, followed by frantic clacking at a keyboard.
Q&A with Scorpion author Christian Cantrell
Christian Cantrell is a software engineer living outside of Washington, D.C. His self-published fiction has sold more than a quarter of a million copies, and three of his stories have been optioned for film or TV. Beyond his writing, he leads a team of designers and engineers who prototype the future of creativity at Adobe.
May 25th
In Conversation with Limerence Author Vincent Pienaar
Just like Vincent Pienaar’s novel Too Many Tsunamis, Limerence is a warm-hearted and funny tale. The Penguin Post spoke with Vincent about getting limerenced, dark humour and the person who inspired the scoundrel Scout.
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