A BICYCLE, A CHESS SET, AN AFRICAN RIVER

221pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2021

A novel about a retired British engineer who travels by bicycle from his home in Swaziland - and crosses a crocodile-infested river - to teach chess at a mission in Mozambique.

Radio presenter Shiloh Noone is owner of the Matshana Lodge and Squirrels Leap in Onrus. He is the author of Witches of Sark. He teaches chess at primary schools in Hermanus for a US-based project, Chess for Change.