Red Dog
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Coenraad de Buys was the most dangerous man around in the Cape of the late seventeen hundreds.
He was a giant, a legend, a polygamist, a swindler and a big talker, the bane of government; father to chieftains and a whole Buysvolk of his own. He restlessly walked the uneasy landscape of southern Africa like the wild dogs who were always at his heels, always in his head – especially the earless red dog who put Buys on his renegade path. He was born in the Langkloof. He died on the banks of the Limpopo. But Buys is not dead.
About the Author
Dr Willem Anker lectures in creative writing at Stellenbosch University. His debut novel, Siegfried (Kwela, 2007), received the UJ debut prize and the Jan Rabie/Rapport prize. Buys (of which Red Dog is the translation) was published in 2014 and won the WA Hofmeyr, University of Johannesburg, kykNET-Rapport, Helgaard Steyn and Hertzog Prize.
First published in 2018 by Kwela Books,
an imprint of NB Publishers,
a division of Media24 Boeke (Pty) Ltd,
40 Heerengracht, Cape Town 8001
www.kwela.com
First published in Afrikaans in 2014 as Buys
Copyright © Willem Anker 2018
Translated by Michiel Heyns
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Cover design by Michiel Botha
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E-book design by Wouter Reinders
Available in print:
First edition in 2018
ISBN: 978-0-7957-0851-0
Epub edition:
First edition in 2018
ISBN: 978-0-7957-0852-7 (epub)
Mobi edition:
First edition in 2018
ISBN: 978-0-7957-0853-4 (mobi)
Table of Contents
Title Page
Dedication
Motto
1761 – 1798 1
2
3
4
5
1799 – 1801 1
2
3
4
5
6
7 − 8 November 1814 1
2
3
4
5
6
1814 – 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Addendum
Acknowledgements
About the Book Summary
About the Author
Imprint Page