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Cape Town Calling

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From Paul Theroux and Peter Moore to Jonny Steinberg, JM Coetzee, Jonathan Kaplan, Nelson Mandela, Mamphela Ramphele, Tom Eaton, Breyten Breytenbach, Pieter-Dirk Uys and Gabeba Baderoon: Discover Cape Town with top contemporary authors – both well-loved locals and international travel writers. Selected and with an introduction by Justin Fox.

Read how …

· JM Coetzee fails to get into a good school
· Nelson Mandela misplaces his spectacles on the Grand Parade
· Jonathan Kaplan faces arrest at St. George’s Cathedral
· Paul Theroux meets a fellow pessimist at Cape Point
· Jonny Steinberg is revolted by prison food
· Joseph Lelyveld joins Crossroads residents singing hymns
· Richard Rive walks with ghosts in District Six
· Rian Malan haggles for snoek in Kalk Bay
· Pieter-Dirk Uys attends a fake wedding on Greenmarket Square
· Edwin Cameron climbs Table Mountain with the help of antiretrovirals
· Judy Kibinge parties in Long Street

plus many more...

Format: Paperback
Published: 2010
Pages: 232
Publisher: NB Publishers
ISBN: 9780624042976

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