Huffington Post featured Broken Monsters as one of their 9 Books So Scary You’ll Be Tricked and Treated. “Beukes gave us a time traveling serial killer inThe Shining Girls, and the monsters in her latest tale, whether they’re real or imagined, will keep you up all night.”A genuinely unsettling—in all the best ways—blend of suspense and […]
It was the perfect Joburg experience: afternoon thunderstorms with hail and lightning, followed by a rainbow arcing over Auckland Park, going to claim a prestigious literary prize (my first ever South African award), The University of Johannesburg Prize, with my brilliant editor, Helen Moffett as my date, lovely people passionate about local lit, powerful, moving […]
The New York Times 26 October 2014 has a corking review of Broken Monsters (featuring art by one of my favourite illustrators, Francesco Francavilla). “An enormously satisfying novel that employs the best attributes of multiple genres to dramatize big ideas about art, the Internet and urban decay.” Here’s the review in full: The serial […]