Crime Beat

Stray doppies
Quotable quotes (1) from Louis Greenberg: ‘I find that the SA crime I’ve read thus far is actually rather idealistic and feel-good, no matter how violent or troubling.’
Quotable quotes (2) from Margie Orford: ‘There is a fundamental rift (in my view) between men and women in South Africa – to me the violence perpetrated against women and children reads like a sublimated civil war – the public conflict of apartheid and struggle subsumed into the domestic and private space of the family and of the body.’
Quotable quotes (3) from Declan Burke after he met James Ellroy recently: ‘Mr James Ellroy was charm personified, an elegant, erudite and self-effacing interviewee who also understands the worth of a mutually beneficial stand-out quote or ten. I liked him a lot, which was nice, because it’s not always a good thing to meet your heroes, and I think Ellroy is one of the best writers on the planet.’

Crime Beat Diary November 16 – 19:
Monday: A poem with krimi-suspense from Kobus Moolman.
Tuesday: An extract from Margie Orford’s gripping Daddy’s Girl
Wednesday: Profound thoughts on crime fiction – the body count.
Thursday: A Barbara Ludman review from the Mail & Guardian on the rise of our slasher fiction.