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Devil's Valley

André Brink (1998)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.91

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentMild
LanguageModerate

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Hero archetypes

Journalist

Protagonist archetypes

Outcast / Loner

Synopsis

A reporter in South Africa discovers a lost valley whose inhabitants continue to practice apartheid. They are the descendants of an 1880s fundamentalist Christian sect and they have managed to maintain their isolation by murdering visitors. A satire on Afrikaner culture by the author of A Dry White Season.

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Literary FictionMagical RealismHistorical FictionSatire