Devil's Peak
Murder's OK. But do not kick the dog
Perhaps no-one was as surprised as Deon Meyer himself when his crime fiction career exploded into global fame
19 November 2023 - 00:00
At MultiChoice City in Randburg, there's a buzz in the air, a blend of Springbok gees and literary excitement. Award-winning crime-fiction author Deon Meyer is in the building. Remnants of a successful morning — empty boxes once brimming with copies of Meyer’s Afrikaans novel Infanta — remain...
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