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  • BURGER'S DAUGHTER. by Gordimer, Nadine.
    Gordimer, Nadine.
    BURGER'S DAUGHTER.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York & London: Penguin, (1980.). Novel set in South Africa; the story of a young woman trying to carry on the work of her parents, who, although Afrikaaner, were killed for their opposition to apartheid. Powerful novel by this Nobel prize winning author. 361 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0055932.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 46624
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  • BLACK SWAN. by Hope, Christopher.
    Hope, Christopher.
    BLACK SWAN.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Powerful novella by this award-winning South African writer: "It is a striking combination: a dreamy black boy of seventeen with the mind of a child and a repressed, naive young German. Ilse, who once dreamed of being a dancer .. .." Sriking wraparound dust jacket and interior illustrations by Gillian Barlow. A title in the Harper Short Novel Series. 127 pp. ISBN: 0-060158468.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 41239
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  • THE HOTTENTOT ROOM. by Hope, Christopher.
    Hope, Christopher.
    THE HOTTENTOT ROOM.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel by this award-winning author who was born in South Africa. The title refers to a club in London where a deported South African journalist meets his fellow exiles, both black and white. 218 pp. ISBN: 0-374172846.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83996
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  • THE HOTTENTOT ROOM. by Hope, Christopher.
    Hope, Christopher.
    THE HOTTENTOT ROOM.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel by this award-winning author who was born in South Africa. The title refers to a club in London where a deported South African journalist meets his fellow exiles, both black and white. 218 pp. ISBN: 0-374172846.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket. (remainder line)

    Book ID: 84439
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  • HEART OF THE HUNTER. by Meyer, Deon.
    Meyer, Deon.
    HEART OF THE HUNTER.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this South African crime writer to be published in the United States. Translated by K. L. Seegers. "Tiny Mpayipheli, a six foot three giant with a quiet demeanor, once earned his living as a government gun for hire".... now the daughter of an old friend has tracked him down in retirement and he can't say no to her plea for his help. Highly recommended. 374 pp. ISBN: 0-316-935492.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 48274
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  • HEART OF THE HUNTER. by Meyer, Deon.
    Meyer, Deon.
    HEART OF THE HUNTER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Boston: Little Brown, (2004.). First edition - First novel by this South African crime writer to be published in the United States. Translated by K. L. Seegers. "Tiny Mpayipheli, a six foot three giant with a quiet demeanor, once earned his living as a government gun for hire".... now the daughter of an old friend has tracked him down in retirement and he can't say no to her plea for his help. Highly recommended. 372 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 51336
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  • DEAD AT DAYBREAK. by Meyer, Deon.
    Meyer, Deon.
    DEAD AT DAYBREAK.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel by this South African crime writer to be published in the United States, set in the complex world of post-apartheid South Africa and featuring former police officer Zapotek "Zed" van Heerden. . Translated from the Afrikaans by Madeleine van Biljon. Highly recommended. 374 pp. ISBN: 0-316-000124.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 53749
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  • BLOOD SAFARI. by Meyer, Deon.
    Meyer, Deon.
    BLOOD SAFARI.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by this South African crime writer set in the complex world of post-apartheid South Africa, featuring "personal security expert" (aka bodyguard) Lemmer. Translated from the Afrikaans by K. L. Seegers. Highly recommended. 374 pp. ISBN: 978-0802119032.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 56847
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  • HEART OF THE HUNTER. by Meyer, Deon.
    Meyer, Deon.
    HEART OF THE HUNTER.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this South African crime writer to be published in the United States. Translated by K. L. Seegers. "Tiny Mpayipheli, a six foot three giant with a quiet demeanor, once earned his living as a government gun for hire".... now the daughter of an old friend has tracked him down in retirement and he can't say no to her plea for his help. Highly recommended. SIGNED on the title page. 374 pp. ISBN: 0-316-935492.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 60577
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  • COBRA. by Meyer, Deon.
    Meyer, Deon.
    COBRA.

    Edition: First printing, issued as a trade paperback original in the US.

    New York: Grove Press, (2015.). First edition - Fourth novel by this South African crime writer set in the complex world of post-apartheid South Africa and featuring police detective Benny Griessel. Translated from the Afrikaans by K. L. Seegers. Glossary. 344 pp plus an advance excerpt of the next novel in the series. ISBN: 978-0802124227.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 67895
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  • BLOOD SAFARI. by Meyer, Deon.
    Meyer, Deon.
    BLOOD SAFARI.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by this South African crime writer set in the complex world of post-apartheid South Africa, featuring "personal security expert" (aka bodyguard) Lemmer. Translated from the Afrikaans by K. L. Seegers. Highly recommended. 374 pp. ISBN: 978-0802119032.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 76624
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  • COME SUNDAY. by Morley, Isla.
    Morley, Isla.
    COME SUNDAY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this author who was born in South Africa, but now lives in California - the story of a young South African woman, married to a minister in Hawaii, trying to put her turbulent childhood behind her - until her 3 year old daughter is killed in an accident and she returns to South Africa. 319 pp. ISBN: 0-374-126879.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 55094
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  • LET THE DEAD LIE. by Nunn, Malla.
    Nunn, Malla.
    LET THE DEAD LIE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original,

    New York: Washington Square Press, (2010). First edition - Second crime novel featuring now ex-Detective Emmanuel Cooper, set during apartheid in 1953 in the dangerous South African underworld, where Cooper (who was reclassified from white to mixed race) is working in undercover surveillance on the Durban docks. Includes Q & A with author, 382 pp. ISBN: 97814165-86227.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (some spotting to the top edge of the textblock).

    Book ID: 60162
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