THE ROAD OF EXCESS, translated by Leon de Kock

320 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2014

"Die Benederyk", the Afrikaans edition of this novel, originally published in 2010, was awarded the 2011 M-Net Prize.

Ingrid Winterback was born in Johannesburg in 1948. Her other novels include "Karolina Ferreira", "Buller se Plan" and "Die Boek van Toeval en Toeverlaat". She has won the Hertzog Prize twice and the M-Net Prize four times. She lives in Stellenbosch.