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Cape Town Calling: From Mandela to Theroux on the Mother City
Cape Town Calling From Mandela to Theroux on the Mother City Author:Justin Fox From Paul Theroux and Peter Moore to Jonny Steinberg, JM Coetzee, Jonathan Kaplan, Nelson Mandela, Mamphela Ramphele, Tom Eaton, Breyten Breytenbach, Pieter-Dirk Uys and Gabeba Baderoon: Discover Cape Town with top contemporary authors both well-loved locals and international travel writers. Selected and with an introduction by Justin Fox. Read ... more »how JM Coetzee fails to get into a good school; Nelson Mandela misplaces his spectacles on the Grand Parade; Jonathan Kaplan faces arrest at St. George's Cathedral; Paul Theroux meets a fellow pessimist at Cape Point; Jonny Steinberg is revolted by prison food; Joseph Lelyveld joins Crossroads residents singing hymns; Richard Rive walks with ghosts in District Six; Rian Malan haggles for snoek in Kalk Bay; Pieter-Dirk Uys attends a fake wedding on Greenmarket Square; Edwin Cameron climbs Table Mountain with the help of antiretrovirals; Judy Kibinge parties in Long Street; plus many more...« less