Best of South African literature ready for showdown

Alan Paton Award nominees

• Askari: A Story of Collaboration and Betrayal in the Anti-apartheid Struggle by Jacob Dlamini
• Lost and Found in Johannesburg by Mark Gevisser
• DF Malan and the Rise of Afrikaner Nationalism by Lindie Koorts
• Postmortem: the Doctor Who Walked Away by Maria Phalime
• A Man of Good Hope by Jonny Steinberg

Barry Ronge Award nominees

• Tales of the Metric System by Imraan Coovadia
• The Reactive by Masande Ntshanga
• Arctic Summer by Damon Galgut
• The Savage Hour by Elaine Proctor
• October by Zoe Wicomb

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