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NINEVEH

Henrietta Rose-Innes

A sly, surprising fable about the mysterious forces of nature, love and memory
An elegant and evocative novel about people, place — and pests — by one of South Africa's most exciting writers. Katya Grubbs, like her father before her, deals in ‘the unlovely and unloved'. Yet in contrast to her father, she is not in the business of pest extermination, but pest relocation.

Katya's unconventional approach brings her to the attention of a property developer whose luxury estate on the fringes of Cape Town, Nineveh, remains uninhabited thanks to an infestation of mysterious insects. As Katya is drawn ever deeper into the chaotic urban wilderness of Nineveh, she must confront unwelcome
intrusions from her own past.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Prize-winning author with degrees in archaeology and biology, and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town. She has worked in publishing, script-writing and as a creative writing teacher. Currently working towards a PhD in creative and critical writing at University of East Anglia.
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Published 2023-05-11 by Umuzi (SA)

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Winner of the Francois Sommer Literary Prize 2015

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