Book review: Tracy Going: Brutal Legacy

‘I have a confession’ I said when I met Tracy Going properly this week after a brief, fortuitous meeting at the Franschhoek Literary Festival recently. ‘I haven’t read your book. I opened it at Exclusives and couldn’t get past the Prologue.’

‘Oh no! Why? That’s not a good sign. Was it that bad?’ she said, smiling warmly.

‘No, it’s just that it was about Oscar and…well, I have also written about it… from a different perspective…’ I trailed off.

Today is not even a week later. …