National Public Radio’s Linda Wertheimer spoke yesterday with South African crime novelist Deon Meyer, whose novel Dead Before Dying has just been released in the States. During their brief discussion, Meyer talked about how former President Nelson Mandela “freed up” crime fiction dealing with private investigators and police detectives in his country, and what it’s like for an Afrikaner to write about a black detective. Listen to the interview here.
NPR is probably the friendliest broadcast outlet when it comes to books in general and crime fiction, specifically. Recent stories have included a good interview with Michael Connelly, and the frequent reviews submitted by Maureen Corrigan on Fresh Air.
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment