DEON SIMPHIWE-SKADE's BOOK IS OUT!!

To a large extent, Deon Simphiwe-Skade, the Cape Town based sublime arts and culture activist, is a "Free Stater". This blog is claiming him as one of ours, anyway! Deon's book, "A series of undesirable events", has just been published. Here are some glimpses into the debut work of the wordsmith

About the book

Set in Cape Town, A Series of Undesirable Events weaves together six stories of close friends, who each deals with an unfortunate event.The author presents what may have been one story in fragments that
each tackles social challenges such as infidelity, violence, HIV/AIDS and sexuality. There’s also a strong focus on the complexities of dreams and aspirations; on just how insincere some dreams and aspirations tend to be. Moshe, the protagonist in at least three stories, gives us glimpses of the disadvantages experienced by an
individual who does not intimately know his dreams. The result of such negligence ultimately breeds an internal conflict that only Moshe can address. Like facial make-up that gets applied and removed later, this book reflects application of “make-up” on many levels of the society including attitudes. But the truth always comes out in the end.
(from the blurb)