Jane Rosenthal Reviews The Magistrate of Gower, The Shouting in the Dark, What Will People Say and More

Verdict: carrots

Two excellent historical novels set in South Africa are Shouting in the Dark by Elleke Boehmer (Jacana, 2015) and The Magistrate of Gower (Umuzi, 2015) by Claire Robertson.

In both these novels, written by women, the main character is a male war veteran, and both are set in fictitious country towns in South Africa, but have links to the southeastern Indian Ocean area.

Boehmer, professor of world literature in English at Oxford University, has written several novels and literary studies. JM Coetzee says her novel is as “disturbing as it is enthralling”.

• Complete review in Mail & Guardian

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• The Shouting in the Dark by Elleke Boehmer
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• The Magistrate of Gower by Claire Robertson
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• What Will People Say by Rehana Rossouw
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• Dub Steps by Andrew Miller
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• A Saving Bannister by Wendy Woodward
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