Little, Brown & Company, Jul 2004, 23.95, 374 pp.
ISBN: 0316935492
In Cape Town, South Africa, former freedom fighter (or assassin depending on which side you supported) during the “Struggle”, Thobela “Tiny” Mpayipheli has become a dedicated family man. He contentedly works at a low paying job because he looks forward to going home every night to his beloved Miriam Nzuluwazi and her son.
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His violent past returns when a distraught Monica Kleintjes informs him that his old compatriot in arms her father Johnny needs his help. Tiny owes Johnny so when Monica asks him to deliver a disc to terrorists because if they are not handed over to them by a certain time they will kill her father. He accepts the mission bur the CIA, al Qaeda, the government, and other agencies also want the disk. Killing a retired assassin to obtain what they want is fine by everyone involved as Tiny learns how perilous a friend in need is and how deadly competition can be to the “supplier”.
This exciting post apartheid and 9/11 thriller never slows down especially when everyone seems to be chasing after Tiny (actually he is sort of a South African Little John) fleeing on a stolen motorcycle. Cape Town and the surrounding countryside make a fabulous background to the escapades.
Harriet Klausner
The review of this Book prepared by Harriet Klausner