The Powers That Be

by Mike Nicol

First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in good condition. Jacket is creased and marked, and board corners and spine ends are bumped. Front board is slightly bowed, and page block is lightly tanned. Pages and text are clear and unmarked throughout. LW

176 pages, Paperback

First published April 6, 1989

About the author

Born in Cape Town, Mike Nicol was educated there and in Johannesburg, where he began his working life as a journalist. During the 1980s he moved back to Cape Town and worked on the magazine Leadership for a number of years. Towards the end of that decade he published his first novel, The Powers That Be, resigned from the magazine and began what he calls "the scary life of a freelance journalist and writer."