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'"Not that one," I said, kicking his shin, "I meant your other paintings. The kind that frighten the locusts."'

'They said that, if nothing else, the devil has got good brains.'

This is a vivid portrait of a life and time, and some ideas that had alas not faded still. The fact that it is still somehow so easy and fun to read is amazing

This book is striking a nerve

'Eventually, when Manie Kruger's musical career reached the that stage when they took away his plough and the last of his oxen, he sold up what remained of his possessions and left the Bushveld, on his way to those great cities that he had so often talked about.'

I would discribe these stories as whimsical tragedy

The first story was was very entertaining both funny with some pathos. This is a pleasant surprise