What's new?
Found in Translation
"The Invisble" was published in Afrikaans in September 2007. It is currently being translated, and should reach foreign markets by 2008 and early 2009. The new novel features a brand new protagonist - Lemmer, the body guard with an anger management problem. Meet Lemmer now.
Devil's Peak: "Structural pyrotechnics"
- Sarah Weinman, on the L.A. Times website. More reviews here ..."Devil's Peak sets its rhythm at molto allegro and ends with vivace flourish, but the novel's heft comes from the author's great sense of empathy for his characters and for their often catastrophic flaws."
Paperback launch in the UK:
Devil's Peak's paperback edition was launched in the UK in April 2008, and here's the cover.
The book has received excellent reviews in that country. Matthew Lewin, in The Guardian, wrote: "... if you want a glimpse of the soul of the new South Africa in all its glory, and with all the gory details of its problems and corruption, Meyer is your man.
"Its two powerfully drawn protagonists work their way towards each other over the course of the novel, with the author giving expert tugs to the reins to keep them on course.
"I marvelled at the intricacy of the plotting, I smiled at Christine's cheeky ingenuity, I felt Thobela's pain and Benny's desperation, and I was stunned by a dénouement of awesome power and accomplishment."