Roger Smith's Mixed Blood

I stayed up late last night finishing Roger Smith's South African thriller Mixed Blood. Only thing I can say is "vow!" What a mix of relentless, suddenly outbursting violence, harsh language and terse narration, high-octane suspense and heart-throbbing sentiment, with the added of bonus of a Dickensian cast of obscene and absurd characters! Highly, highly recommended. Not a wasted scene in sight - and what a noir ending! Will be interesting to see if they can use the scene in the forth-coming film (starring Samuel Jackson - well, actually his character is a minor one in Smith's book).

Can't recommend this highly enough and I immediately started working towards getting the book translated in Finnish. (I'm sure there's a big publisher who's already started bidding on the book. Which would be nice.)