Fact
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The above is from the introduction to The de Villiers code.
I hope it lives up to the promise in the blurb:
A brutal murder. A masochistic killer. An ancient secret. A beautiful policewoman. Lots of short sentences. When CC Langa -- Nobel prize winner, physicist, symbolologist, love-god -- is called to investigate a mysterious killing in the National Gallery in Cape Town, he finds himself the primary target in a dark plot that will change the course of history forever. Or at least change the course of history until the next time the course of history is changed. Perhaps in the sequel.
It's a gripping race against time and purple prose as Langa and his beautiful partner follow a trail of clues through South Africa, their every move shadowed by a relentless assassin with a family history of sunburn and a shadowy mastermind known only as the Teacher. From Pierneef landscapes and the cutting edge of the art world to the mean streets of Limpopo, the glamour never stops as the action reaches boiling point.
Are there secrets worth killing for? Can Langa discover the shattering truth? How many roads must a man walk down before he can say he's a man? Why do blurbs always ask rhetorical questions?
Eaton, Tom. 2005. The de Villiers code. Cape Town: Penguin. ISBN 0-143-02499-X
- At least two thousand people believe the world is flat
- Five million people believe they have been abducted by aliens
- Twenty million people have bought The da Vinci Code
The above is from the introduction to The de Villiers code.
I hope it lives up to the promise in the blurb:
A brutal murder. A masochistic killer. An ancient secret. A beautiful policewoman. Lots of short sentences. When CC Langa -- Nobel prize winner, physicist, symbolologist, love-god -- is called to investigate a mysterious killing in the National Gallery in Cape Town, he finds himself the primary target in a dark plot that will change the course of history forever. Or at least change the course of history until the next time the course of history is changed. Perhaps in the sequel.
It's a gripping race against time and purple prose as Langa and his beautiful partner follow a trail of clues through South Africa, their every move shadowed by a relentless assassin with a family history of sunburn and a shadowy mastermind known only as the Teacher. From Pierneef landscapes and the cutting edge of the art world to the mean streets of Limpopo, the glamour never stops as the action reaches boiling point.
Are there secrets worth killing for? Can Langa discover the shattering truth? How many roads must a man walk down before he can say he's a man? Why do blurbs always ask rhetorical questions?
Eaton, Tom. 2005. The de Villiers code. Cape Town: Penguin. ISBN 0-143-02499-X