Verdict: carrot, carrot and carrot again
Jane Rosenthal picks up three of the latest SA thrillers:
For the past three to four years, new South African thrillers have been arriving like a great river pouring through the sluices of local publishers and providing much entertaining reading as well as a window on to everyday life.
As we all know, crime is an everyday matter in South Africa, and thrillers, though they do not occupy a high spot on the ladder of literary genres, provide fiction that seems light yet deals with some horribly serious subjects.
They are, in a way, a positive spin-off of murder: vengeance, retribution and justice are powerful storymakers. Though still relatively new names to readers, Deon Meyer, Mike Nicol and Margie Orford are the old guard in this new wave.
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