ReadSA Profile: Richard de Nooy
MY BOOK: Six Fang Marks and a Tetanus Shot (Jacana)
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Two accident-prone brothers leave a trail a carnage scattered across two continents in their vain attempt to stay out of trouble.
WHO’LL LOVE IT: It’s Jackass for intellectuals, so almost anyone with a brain cell to spare will probably enjoy the brothers’ antics and perceive the underlying tragedy.
WHERE TO GET IT: It used to rub shoulders with J.M. Coetzee on African Fiction shelves in most book shops, but JMC apparently needed more space. Stray copies have been spotted here and there, but it’s definitely an endangered species in the wild. It’s available online at Kalahari and Amazon almost everywhere.
ABOUT AUTHOR: Born in Holland in 1965, grew up in South Africa, but re-emigrated to Holland in 1986 when offered the dubious honour of full SA citizenship, which then included two years of fun in the sun with heavy artillery.
Studied psychology at the University of Amsterdam to confirm that I wasn’t afflicted with anything serious, only to contradict this vehemently by opting to become a translator as a means of funding my writing. Still suffering the consequences of that misguided decision.
CURRENTLY LIVING IN: Amsterdam, Netherlands, which sadly offers a lot less sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll than initially anticipated. Rain, on the other hand, is in no short supply.
AUTHOR’ S CLAIM TO FAME: Winner of the University of Johannesburg Prize for Best First Book in 2007. Honourable mention for the M-Net Literary Award 2007. Longlisted for the Sunday Times Fiction Prize 2007. Recipient of a grant from the Dutch Foundation for Literature to write my new novel in Dutch.
WHEN WRITING: I am as irritable as a warthog sharing a burrow with a porcupine. My family hates me, my friends don’t call, and I constantly have to suppress the urge to insult people online. There are those who claim that the above also applies when I’m not writing.
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- Six Fang Marks and a Tetanus Shot by Richard de Nooy
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EAN: 9781770093041
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