Flip Lochner is a weary and disillusioned newspaper crime reporter. Curious to find out more about the origins of a casual acquaintance, he descends into Devil's Valley where, like Dante's Virgil, he encounters a bewildering array of mysterious characters and events that lead him to reevaluate the world in which he lives and which he thought he knew. Fusing invention and reality, magic realism and earthy humour, Lochner's adventures in the valley centre around the journey he undertakes to discover the truth about the elusive and erotic figure of Emma, one of Brink's most remarkable creations.

'This is the work of a master story-teller' - Sunday Telegraph

About the Author
Andre Brink (1935 - 2015) was one of South Africa's most prominent writers and is the author of several novels, including A Dry White Season, Imaginings of Sand, The Rights of Desire, The Other Side of Silence and Philida. He has won South Africa's most important literay prize, the CNA Award, three times and has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His last novel, Philida, was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2012.

Reviews
All the compulsion of a thriller... Once again the South African novelist returns to his great theme of a journey into the interior, physical and spiritual, which enables him to examine man's existence in a largely hostile universe -- Bel Mooney * The Times *
Freshly, vividly and differently imagined as anything in his work to date -- John Higgins * Guardian *
A moving, angry, exuberant journey into some of mankind's darkest dreams and the redemptive power of his most resilient hope -- A.L.Kennedy * Scotsman *



Book Information
ISBN 9780099273127
Author Andre Brink
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Vintage
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 256g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 23mm