For today’s Daily Bookshot, it’s a timely snap of the next title I’m tackling in my never-decreasing reading pile – Athol Fugard’s Tsotsi (Canongate). I’ll say more about it in my ‘forethoughts’ post, but for now here’s the cover blurb:
Tsotsi is an angry young gang leader in the South African township of Sophiatown. A man without a past, he exists only to kill and steal. But one night, in a moonlit grove of bluegum trees, a woman he attempts to rape forces a shoebox into his arms. The box contains a baby, and his life is inexorably changed. He begins to remember his childhood, to rediscover himself and a capacity for love.
Sound good? I thought so too. Look out for my ‘forethoughts’ post, coming as soon as I can get to it.
Canongate | February 2009 (UK) | £7.99 | PAPERBACK | 256 PP | ISBN 9781847673312
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Tsotsi is a very good book, but be sure to check out the movie, too. I came to the movie first, and prefer it. Mr. Fugard was a playwright also, so I don’t think he’d mind.
says:
Hi CB. Mr Fugard may not mind but I certainly would. Watching a movie before reading the book? Sacrilege! You know the Book Gods are always watching don’t you?
Talking of keeping on the good side of the Book Gods, I’ve forgotten to get in touch with you haven’t I? Damn it!
I’ll make sure I do that tomorrow
Warmest
Rob