Black Heart + The Dervish House: A couple of juicy summer reads well worth checking out.
Mike Nicol’s ‘Black Heart’ is the third book in a trilogy of South African revenge thrillers featuring two former ANC activists/gun runners Mace Bishop and Pylon Buso. Set in Cape Town, Black Heart has shades of of both Pelecanos and Walter Mosley and Nicol take us on a white-knuckle ride into the dark dealings of post-apartheid South Africa. You can check an interview I did with Mike at http://mike-nicol.mondomix.com/en/itw6317.htm
Having been immersed in and thrilled by the mind blowing Brasyl and the equally offbeat River Of Gods, I had to interview the author – Ian McDonald (http://www.mondomix.com/events/ian-mcdonald/developing-worlds.htm). Back then The Dervish House was awaiting publication but McDonald’s description of this current tale – which is set in Turkey, the cradle of Sufism, and deals with “the nanotechnology we’re likely to get, not the kind that eats the world” – was most enticing. Available in paperback in July… or for your Kindle right now… this book is, as was expected, another mind expanding read.
nice one Brad, always trust your recommendations..
Hi jane… I think The Dervish House is the more challenging and mind expanding of the two… I think it’s it’s out on the 1st July in pbk… there were a couple of hdbks cheap on Amazon… but as thrillers go… Mike Nicol’s books offer an alternative insight into the criminal world… easy! See ya, PB