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Innie Shadows

By Coetzee, Olivia M, Coetzee, Olivia M

Innie Shadows Historical Fiction

Innie Shadows

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Brittle Paper 100 Notable African Books of 2024 A Literary Review of Canada Best Book Cover of 2024 A taut and unsparing novel about a community plagued by violence, drugs, corruption, and prejudice-but where love and justice prevail. The unidentifiable remains of a body are discovered in a field in Shadow Heights, a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. Ley, the youngest detective at her precinct, is assigned the case and quickly begins her investigation. Soon after, Ley receives a phone call saying that Carl, a friend struggling with a meth addiction, has gone missing after being linked to the Drug King of Shadow Heights. Meanwhile, a local church group believe they are cleansing the area by burning sinners, starting with homosexuals. The search for Carl and the truth leads the reader through the vibrant lives of the residents of Shadow Heights. Violence, poverty, and shame plague the neighbourhood, but there is also love, acceptance, and hope to be found among friends and family in the shadows of everyday life. A pioneering work of fiction in which the dispossessed tell their own stories, Innie Shadows is the first novel to be translated from Kaaps, a dialect of Afrikaans that was until recently a spoken language only.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
176
Release Date:
2024-10-15
Publication Date:
2024-10-15
Publisher:
House of Anansi Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1487012527
ISBN13:
9781487012526
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
191 g
Height:
136 cm
Width:
202 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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