A Sportful Malice by Michiel Heyns: This is the novel that Michiel will be introducing at The SA Book Fair at the CTICC June 13, 14, 15. You’re getting in first if you attend the wine & dine evening at Mondiall at the V&A Waterfront on the 8th of June!
When a young South African literary scholar, Michael Marcussi, is offered, via a Facebook contact, a house in the Tuscan village of Gianocini, he accepts with alacrity: this is just the space and quiet he needs to complete his study of Literary Representations of Tuscany.
But even before he has boarded his plane at Stansted Airport, things start vexing him: an obnoxious old man jumps the boarding queue, andMichael is given the evil eye by a belligerent bovver boy covered in tattoos. Nor is this to be his last meeting with these objectionable characters: they turn up in unexpected places, first in Florence and then in Gianocini itself, with a frequency that cannot be purely coincidental.
In the meantime Michael is pursuing his own extracurricular agenda, through the streets of Florence and the passages of the Uffizi, then through the medieval alleys of Gianocini, only to find himself the object of mysteriousdesigns and the subject of some very disturbing paintings.
Add to this the innocent but curious Wouter, the startlingly rude upper-class harridan, Sophronia, the beautiful but supercilious Paolo and a dog called Thanatos: the Tuscan sun never shone on a more bizarre mix.
On the Menu
Apart from hearing about Michiel Heyns latest novel, you will also be treated to fantastic food prepared by Mondiall and wines will be presented by Riebeek Cellars!
Beetroot carpaccio, goats cheese croquettes, celery-apple salsa, verjus jellies, pecans.
Free range chicken, freshly gathered cepes, young leeks.
Cardamom panna cotta, grilled pineapple, macadamia praline
Awesome prizes up for grabs!
Two copies of A Sportful Malice by Michiel Heyns. Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Two R100 Wordsworth Books vouchers
Two people will each win a R500 meal voucher for two at marvellous Mondiall.
A Jorina Kriel Photography Family Shoot plus the glorious keepsake of a A4 print. Value: R850. For more: www.jorinakriel.com
R500 to be wantonly spent by boys or girls with beauty therapist Dorothy, the best in the West, at Greenways Hotel, Upper Claremont: 079 570 8738.
Book your seat!
R270. Contact Mandy Smith at Mondiall – 021 418 3003, weekdays 8 am – 3.30 pm. Credit card details or EFT. 48-hour cancellation or be billed, no-shows will be billed. Vegetarians please place orders. Do note that a gratuity is not included and would be appreciated.
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