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Homeland / Karin Brynard ; translated from the Afrikaans by Linde Dietrich.
Van Pelt Library PT6593.12.R96 T8513 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brynard, Karin, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Tuisland. English
- Language:
- Afrikaans
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--South Africa--Investigation--Fiction.
- Murder.
- San (African people).
- South Africa.
- San (African people)--Fiction.
- Gemsbok National Park (Botswana)--Fiction.
- Gemsbok National Park (Botswana).
- English fiction.
- Detective and mystery stories.
- Murder--Investigation.
- Botswana--Gemsbok National Park.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 408 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cape Town : Penguin Random House Suid-Afrika, 2018.
- Language Note:
- In English translated from Afrikaans.
- Summary:
- "Captain Albertus Beeslaar has had enough of the Kalahari. He is about to hand in his resignation, but before doing so he is sent into the heart of an ancient San community: an elder has died after being released from police custody and the San blame the police. The small town of Witdraai borders on the world-famous Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, where the last of the Kalahari Sani eke out a living. A violent attack on a German tourist has unsettled the whole town - a case that is rubbing up Beeslaar's new colleague, Colonel Koekoes Mentoor, the wrong way. She wants to turn her back on Witdraai and the bad memories the place holds for her. As the heat rises, all hell breaks loose: a policeman is murdered; deepseated corruption is threatening a major land restitution plan for the San; and a mysterious killer is prowling the red dunes. Amid all the controversy, Kytie Rooi, a cleaner at a luxury guesthouse in Upington and self-appointed protector of a strange street child, is fleeing into the deadly heat of the desert with her charge. In this world, places of safety are dangerously elusive."--Back cover.
- Notes:
- English translation from the Afrikaans of: Tuisland. Penguin Random House Suid-Afrika, 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781415206942
- 1415206945
- OCLC:
- 1044753905
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