190pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2023
Also available in English as Of fathers and fugitives, a novel, translated by Michiel Heyns.
There is an unusual clause in Daniel's deceased father's will: Daniel will only inherit his half of the estate once he has paid his estranged cousin a visit on the family farm in the Free State.
SJ Naudé worked as a lawyer in New York and London for many years. He is the author of two short story collections Alfabet van die voëls and Dol Heuning and a novel Die derde spoel. He has won the University of Johannesburg Prize, the kykNet Rapport Prize and the Hertzog Prize. He lives in Cape Town.