Revival Author:L., J. Harris After the pre- and post-Struggle angst, South African fiction is now settling into crime thrillers and action novels. Louis J Harris¿s ¿Revival¿ is without doubt the skoppiest, skietiest and most verdonder I¿ve had the pleasure of reading. ¿Ruiter in die Nag¿ meets Steven Seagal. The love child is Rain Godart, South Africa¿s first gay detective.... more » (Actually, that¿s unfair on Rain, he¿s far more huggable than anything Seagal could spawn.)Harris knows and loves his country. He also knows what it means to be gay ¿ and that to be so doesn¿t mean being stereotyped. Like that other great homosexual detective (Jonathan Kellerman¿s Milo Sturgis), Rain is not defined by his sexuality; he¿s a man and he¿s gay. That¿s all there is to it. All, that is, except that when he faces the fear of love he is simply human.« less