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Moxyland
Lauren Beukes’ first novel, a dystopia set in Cape Town in 2017, is a rare treat for South African sci-fi lovers, and then some. Some things have stayed the same: Hospital Bend, colourful Daily Voice headlines, taxis, township tourists and a perpetual housing backlog. Others are eerily foreboding: all-powerful corporations that own private beaches and an exclusive subway system, and a brutal government whose only public face is a merciless police force backed by biotech-enhanced attack dogs. Reminiscent at times of Neal Stephenson’s cyberpunk classic Snow Crash, its paragraphs dripping alternately with newly-coined street slang and futuristic techno-lingo, Moxyland is funny, gritty, imaginative and, ultimately, deeply disturbing. A politically charged urban speculative thriller that will leave you wanting more.

Moxyland is due to be on shelf on the 21st of April.