RUNNING WITH THE KENYANS by ADHARANAND FINN

Continuing my journey to better fitness via inspirational books, I have just finished this smashing book, and cannot wait to read more from this talented writer (and ace runner). In 2011, with admirable courage and a great sense of adventure Mr. Finn, his gutsy wife and their 3 little children …

MATABELE DAWN by SAAD BIN JUNG

Saad bin Jung, the author of the recently published “Matabele Dawn” is a friend, a state of affairs that can sometimes make reviewing a book a rather tricky exercise. Treading the fine line between friendship and truth.  That kind of dilemma. No such dilemma here. Saad is a well known, …

50 PEOPLE WHO STUFFED UP SOUTH AFRICA by ALEXANDER PARKER

What I want to know is, how did Mr. Parker get away with writing such an utterly gripping, but desperately naughty book as this ? How is he not being hauled up for libel or slander or whatever it is that famous people do, when they are publicly described as …

PEOPLE LIKE OURSELVES by PAMELA JOOSTE

“People like Ourselves” by the South African novelist Pamela Jooste is both engaging, but also ever so slightly disappointing at the end. Perhaps it’s because I lived in Johannesburg for several very happy years, in a gated community that is featured in the novel, that I felt an instant connection …

THE DOUBLE COMFORT SAFARI CLUB by Alexander McCall Smith

The eleventh novel in the delightful No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series, “The Double Comfort Safari Club” takes the reader on yet another series of sleuthing adventures across Botswana, with the charming, compassionate, and very traditionally built Precious Ramotswe. With his elegant and affectionate prose, Alexander McCall Smith evokes the sights …