A quartet of stories revolving around four men in Johannesburg: a statistician employed on the national census, an engineer out on the town with his council connections, an artist with an interest in genocide and curios, and a contractor who erects billboards on building sites; each tries to make sense of a changed world after the demise of apartheid. 201pp, SOUTH AFRICA. RANDOM HOUSE SOUTH AFRICA.

A vacant patch of South African veld is taken over by a mysterious eccentric figure with a plan. This first novel develops some of the themes of MISSING PERSONS. 176pp, UK.. SERIF.

A collection of short stories reflecting the transitional phase in South Africa's history. Includes the stories The Prime Minister is Dead, Sightseeing, Journal of a Wall, We Came to the Monument, When my Hand Burst into Flames and the Terminal Bar. 119pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP.

In the wake of Apartheid, the flotsam and jetsam of the divided past flow over Johannesburg and settle, once the tides recede, all around Ivan Vladislavic, who, patrolling his patch, surveys the changed cityscape and tries to convey for us the nature and significance of those changes. He roams over the grassy mine-dumps, sifting memories, picking up the odd glittering item here and there, before everything of value gets razed or locked away behind one or other of the city's fortifications. 199pp, UK. PORTOBELLO BOOKS

Inventive, quirky short stories from one of South Africa's most interesting young writers. Stories collected in this volume include The Tuba, Autopsy, Whites Only Bench, The Omniscope (pat. pending), The Book Lover, Alphabets for Surplus People, Courage, Isle of Capri, Kidnapped and the Firedogs. 186pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP/NEW AFRICA BOOKS, 0864863152

A spectacular carnival of post-modern commentary, urban satire, righteous imagery and outrageous wordplay from the award winning author. 304pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP.