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gritty plot twister.

The problem with Assegai was that, under the inscrutable exterior, beat the heart of a crusader. He had an impulse to right wrongs. Always a dangerous preoccupation in a country like South Africa where wrong had become the new right.

Louw watched himself on the screen, not out of ego, but to see what a liar looked like. To see if his corruption was visible, like some mark of Cain.

To his shame, it wasn't.

I think this is the most intricate and byzantine novel Roger Smith has offered us yet. Very much conforming to the mold, it just goes much deeper.

Reading Smith is like taking a pilgrimage on a violent, dystopian planet. Always fascinating, but leaves you emotionally drained.