A zookeeper grows obsessed with a lioness in this ‘muscular and lyrical’ [The Telegraph] story about species loss, bereavement and the human desire for connection.
‘Great characters … superb lyrical writing’ The Literary Sofa
When a lion at a breeding park mauls an old school friend of his, Con must step in as the keeper of Sekhmet, the last remaining black-maned lioness in the world. In a Cape Town where fences keep people and wildlife apart, park officials and investors fret about their flagship big-cat project. And while Con grows steadily more bonded to his enigmatic charge, a cult of animal lovers seek to claim her as their own.
About the author
Henrietta Rose-Innes is a novelist and short story writer from Cape Town, currently living in the UK while completing a Ph D at the University of East Anglia.
She won the Caine Prize for African Writing 2008 and the HSBC / PEN Short Story Prize 2007 and was runner-up in the BBC Short Story Award 2012. Her work is included in the Granta Book of the African Short Story (2011) and has been published in a number of languages, including French, Spanish and German.
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