Un polar (thriller ?) au milieu de l'apartheid et du racisme dans les tonwships d'Afrique du Sud qui monte gentiment… et de plus en plus, et de pire en pire, et quand c'est trop, il y a encore plus pire.

Un thriller (polar ?) absolument addictif, qu'on se dépêche de terminer pour regretter ensuite de l'avoir trop vite dévoré ( )

Oh geez.... oh crap.... this was quite the intense noir thriller ride! Having previously read Ferey's Utu, a noir crime novel set in New Zealand, I thought I had an idea of what I was in for with this one. I should mention that I don't do well with hard core violence or pretty much anything produced by Quentin Tarantino but I have to say, Ferey even blew away my expectations with this one, producing a fascinating, A page-turning story that gripped my attention to the very end. Yes, some of the violence was a little hard - okay, really darn difficult - for me to take. That beach scene was OMG bad. I found myself putting the book down more than a couple of times and walking away for 20 minutes, just to let me digest what I had just read and prep myself for potential further uneasiness. Wow. Just Wow. Some of the graphic violence depicted is really intense - which some readers may wish to avoid - but if you do, you will be missing out on a spectacular crime noir read.

Ferey digs deep and really brings home social criticism of the post-apartheid landscape, a place still very much heaving with violence, drug lords and overall corruption. Seriously, after reading this, I would be horrified to visit Cape Town. Ferey has done such an amazing job showing the underbelly of the playground for the rich and the shocking destitution of the shanty townships. Ferey wrote this story in real time - against the looming backdrop of the 2010 World Cup that would take place in 2 years time, post publication. The South African apartheid was both political and racial. This story focuses on the multicultural nature of South Africa and the myriad of opportunists that flooded the region, morals be damned. I can totally see why this one was the 2008 winner of the French Grand Prix for Best Crime Novel. A worthy win, IMO. ( )

Good but exceptionally brutal. I'm reading Virginia Woolf next. ( )

Une histoire noire,violente. D'habitude j'evite ce genre mais Zulu m'a étreint d'une fascination dont je ne pouvais échapper- il fallait que je la lise jusqu'au bout malgré mes hauts de coeur... ( )

En spændende, velskrevet men også MEGET barsk krimi! Den foregår i Sydafrika lige før Verdensmesterskabet i fodbold i 2010. Her følger vi lederen af Cape Towns drabsafdeling, zuluen Ali Neuman og hans to kollegaer Dan Fletcher og Brian Epkeen der skal opklare mordet på en ung hvid kvinde der er fundet stærkt skamferet og med et ukendt stof i blodet. Undervejs hører vi om de tre politibetjentes privatliv, som ikke altid er lige sjov og i det hele taget er det mildt sagt ikke småting de tre herrer bliver udsat for! Bogen påvirker mig lidt på samme måde som Jakob Ejerbos Afrika triologi, man bliver trist til mode pga. de barske og nærmest håbløse forhold i Sydafrika, men samtidig er det så spændende og velskrevet at man i det mindste ikke kan lade være med at glæde sig over det. ( )