Roadkill

by Paul Leger

Exhibit 1. A jogger attracting flies at the side of the road. Exhibit 2. Three soon-to-be deceased middle-aged white males. Steve and Tarryn Aldridge’s roadtrip to Kruger Park isn’t going quite to plan. They have a small a dead body to dispose of. But easier said than done. Waiting up ahead … an unhinged cop seeking redemption, a gold-toothed life insurance salesman, a cluster of ex-security operatives, and a dog called Adolf. They’re all on a mission, they all have an agenda, and they’re all about to T-bone at a rural backwater. A crime caper inhabited by a cast of social misfits, Roadkill is Herman Charles Bosman on steroids. Set in a dusty dorp where SA’s dodgy past has taken up residence in post-Apartheid small town suburbia, where the innocent have become guilty by association, the result is a weaving fender-bender of one-part character study, one-part crime story, and one-part belly-ache comedy.

Paperback

Published January 1, 2020

Reviews

[Tiah]

~Like explorers of recent, past, and present, he was dressed for the job: Cape Union shirt tucked into Cape Union multipocket khaki shorts, anti-glare Polaroids, and Hi-Tec ATs (All-Terrains) – after Crocs, the best shoes in the world, in his humble opinion.~

~The body’s ability to produce such volume at such regularity was a miracle. There was nothing more underrated in life than the deep spiritual satisfaction of a good boskak. It ranked right up there among life’s true pleasures.~

~After that, he would settle down and write a book and the bucks would flow in big time.~

~What with ISIS working its way down Africa, one had to be hyper-vigilant. The Taliban café owner around the corner was a case in point; he didn’t trust him further than he could shoot a load.~

~If you want to break down in the country, you must learn the ways of the country.~

[Matthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got totally stuck into Roadkill and really enjoyed it. The clever plot really balances the sometimes gory details! The character development was fantastic, and there are so many (lekker) nuggets for South Africans to relate to - and laugh or cringe at. I finished it over the course of a few nights, as I needed to know what would happen next! Looking forward to your next book already.