These are some of the books our books editor, Meneesha Govender, received recently. They may be reviewed later
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Here Comes The Snake in the Grass
by Eric Miyeni (Umuzi, R200)
This is a collection of writer and actor Eric Miyeni’s columns and new material.
It covers topics from politics to sport, crime to love.
If you’re interested in what he thinks of Julius Malema, Oprah Winfrey and Julian Assange, you will even find bits on that.
Entertaining and informative, Miyeni is a voice we should take cognisance of.
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The Reactive
by Masande Ntshanga (Umuzi, R180)
This is a debut novel by this author.
First published at the age of 18, Ntshanga was awarded the 2013 Pen International New Voices Award. He is a new literary voice that we should not ignore.
The Reactive is the story of a bright university drop-out who runs an illegal pharma-ceuticals retail operation in cape Town.
Add to this Lindinathi, our protagonist, is tormented by the hand he has had in the death of his brother.
A story about confronting the past and redemption being found in the most unexpected of places.
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Dancing to the Beat of the Drum
by Pamela Nomvete (Kwela, R195)
Pamela Nomvete returned to South Africa in 1994 after making a name for herself on the British stage.
Joining the Generations soapie, she soon became a household name.
But her life was far from the success her public persona portrayed.
Battling her husband’s infidelities, addiction and spiritual confusion, she was an unhappy woman whose life spiralled downward and she ended up living in a car on the streets of Johannesburg.
Dancing to the Beat of the Drum is her story.