Spoor: Photo gallery
The trail of a novel
"Because I often write the scene a number of weeks after doing the research, photographs and video of places help me decrribe it correctly," says Deon. The added bonus is that the material can then be published here, to give readers a better idea of the story's backdrop. The photographs on this page were taken or collected during his research for 'Spoor'.
Follow the tracks:
Running ManHeiliger Laan, the Bo-Kaap street Ismail Mohammed runs down at the very start of the book. |
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Signs of TroubleWhen Ismail Mohammed crosses this intersection, he is too far to be shot by the men hunting him. |
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New BeginningsABOVE: The apartment building on the right is where Milla Strachan starts her new life - on the first floor. It's in the Gardens suburb of Cape Town, with Devil's Peak in the background.
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Spy v. SpyWale Street Chambers in downtown Cape Town, the home of the Presidential Intelligence Agency. |
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PIA PlaceABOVE: On the corner of Wale and Long Street in Cape Town, Wale Street Chambers, where Milla starts her mysterious new job.
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Supreme HouseABOVE: Chamberlain Street, and the building on which the Supreme Committee safe house is based. Note the satellite TV dish just below the upper window, where the microphone is planted.
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Surveillance StreetABOVE: Across from the Chamberlain Street hide-out of the Supreme Committee: The PIA set up their surveillance from one of these houses.
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Big Trouble in Big BayABOVE: The Big Bay Beach Club, where Milla and Lukas Becker hide from ... just about everybody.
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Escape RouteFleeing for their lives after the gang attack, Milla and Lukas have to jump the fence, and crawl up the tree-covered dune right at the back. |
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OPBC EntranceThe unimposing entrance to the Oceana Power Boat Club near the Cape Town Waterfront.. |
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End of the LineABOVE: The small alcove where The Shipment is delivered - and death pays a visit. Is it the end of the line for Milla? Or a new beginning?
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Black GoldABOVE: The Black Rhino. Lemmer has to escort two of them from Musina to the Karoo. And get them there alive.
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Sky HighABOVE: The Van Grinsven RV-7 - the aircraft Lemmer and Lotter fly up to Musina.
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Lemmer in LoxtonThe Rooi Granaat, the restaurant in Loxton where it all starts for Lemmer. |
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Keep on Trucking ...ABOVE: The Mercedes truck carrying two Black Rhino's, and three people. One of them might be a traitor.
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Cabin FeverLemmer, Flea van Jaarsveld and Lourens le Riche spend more than 1 000 kms in the Mercedes. |
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African LandscapeNear Musina. Lemmer and Lourens le Riche take this road on their way to pick up the rhino's. |
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Ambush CountryABOVE: The Waterberg region, where Lemmer and the rhino's get ambushed.
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Bull PenNkunzi (The Bull) prefers this Sandton restaurant in Johannesburg for dinner ... |
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Cape of ChangeABOVE: Albert Street in Woodstock. It reminds Mat Joubert of the neigbourhood of his youth.
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Road to DeathABOVE: Not far from Atlantis - the road where bus hits car, and Mat Joubert starts solving his case.
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Rifle RangeABOVE: The shooting range of the South African National Defense Force near Atlantis.
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A grave endIn the corner of the shooting range, in the small triangle of sand, two bodies are discovered ... |
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