THE BOOK OF THE DEAD

165 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2009.

A new novel by Kgebetli Moele, author of "Room 207," published in 2006. "Room 207" was short-listed for the 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the Best First Book in Africa and was joint winner of both the Herman Charles Bosman Prize and the University of Johannesburg Debut Fiction Prize.

This novel is shortlisted for the 2010 Sunday Times Fiction Prize.

Kgebetli Moele was born in Polokwane and raised on a family farm. He lives and works in Tshwane (Pretoria).