Cape Town Calling: From Mandela to Theroux on the Mother City
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From Paul Theroux and Peter Moore to Jonny Steinberg, JM Coetzee, Jonathan Kaplan, Nelson Mandela, Mamphela Ramphele, Tom Eaton, Breyten Breytenbach, Pieter-Dirk Uys and Gabeba Baderoon: Discover Cape Town with top contemporary authors – both well-loved locals and international travel writers. Selected and with an introduction by Justin Fox. Read how … · JM Coetzee fails to get into a good school · Nelson Mandela misplaces his spectacles on the Grand Parade · Jonathan Kaplan faces arrest at St. George’s Cathedral · Paul Theroux meets a fellow pessimist at Cape Point · Jonny Steinberg is revolted by prison food · Joseph Lelyveld joins Crossroads residents singing hymns · Richard Rive walks with ghosts in District Six · Rian Malan haggles for snoek in Kalk Bay · Pieter-Dirk Uys attends a fake wedding on Greenmarket Square · Edwin Cameron climbs Table Mountain with the help of antiretrovirals · Judy Kibinge parties in Long Street plus many more...