From a carcass competition in the Karoo to a shambolic murder trial in Cape Town, William Dicey’s essays freewheel across an open terrain of interests. Dicey is curious and inventive, weaving strands of essay, journalism, fiction and self-reportage into something uniquely his own.Mongrel investigates a range of topics – radical environmentalism, the fault lines between farmer and farm worker, the joys and sorrows of reading – yet drifts of concern and sensibility draw the collection together. Several essays touch on how books can move, and sometimes maul, their readers.Mongrel is idiosyncratic, witty, potent.
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Lingua Inglese ● Formato PDF ● Pagine 224 ● ISBN 9781415209080 ● Casa editrice Penguin Random House South Africa ● Pubblicato 2016 ● Scaricabile 3 volte ● Moneta EUR ● ID 4848881 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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