BLACK DIAMOND

207 pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009

A new novel about life in contemporary Gauteng.

"Zakes Mda may have a more central place in South Africa's literary and political life than any other novelist today." The New York Times Magazine

Writer, painter, composer, film maker and playwright Zakes Mda's previous novels include "Ways of Dying", "Cion", "Whale Caller", "Madonna of Excelsior" and "Heart of Redness".