Short description
Returning to Pretoria where he grew up, Harry van As finds himself in a state of limbo. So many things have changed; so many are still the same. His friends are certainly not those he grew up with: a striking Nigerian schemer, a mathematician-turned-New-Ager, a young black insurance broker and a gay architect…
Long description
In this novel of shifting surfaces, Harry rekindles a relationship with an old varsity flame and encounters a Pretoria sculptor who works with the unusual medium of glass. Yet his mind constantly returns to another existence – a life in Cape Town, a terrible accident, a mysterious loss.
As the shards of Harry’s life come together, the reality around him fragments. A picnic at the giant meteor crater on the outskirts of the city brings his quest to a head: he discovers the door through which to enter, and to exit.
In this sparkling debut novel, Heinrich Troost lets his characters dance to a jazzy-bluesy tune, through territory infested with near-fatal cultural and emotional landmines. His is a refreshing new voice – intelligent, humorous, spanning divides.