Youth Novel - Boikie You
Better Believe It
St James Church in Cape Town was the scene of a
terrible shoot-out. A friend of mine’s husband
was killed in the
crossfire. Violence was erupting everywhere. Where and how would we
find peace in South Africa?
The story questions violence and reflects a
time of confusion. It has been
described as South Africa’s Adrian Mole takes on Hillbrow. It’s
a story of the relationship between Danny and his father who
'sees' things. It’s about the
transition between boyhood and adulthood. It’s about violence
and about being empowered. And it’s about truth
- who sees it - and
who knows it.
Extract from an Interview in one of the
National Papers:
There are daring themes in this
book. Why have you used clairvoyancy as one of the main themes? BH
Life is full of mysterious currents. In
Boikie You Better Believe
It, I tried to show there were many ways of
'seeing'. Danny believes
things are happening to him which aren’t really true. He is looking for
reality but confuses issues and misreads the world. DH.
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