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Portrait image of Deon Meyer Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2022)

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Meyer, Deon

Deon Meyer is something of a rarity in that he is a South African crime writer who has had his crime novels, written in Afrikaans, translated for the international market. He was born in Paarl in the Cape Province and grew up in Klerksdorp, in north-western South Africa where his father worked in a gold mine. Deon Meyer matriculated in 1976 at Schoonspruit High School in Klerksdorp. He gained a...

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Quincy Durant

Gender: Male

As a young boy, he met ‘Artie’ Wu in a children’s home, and when they were in their early teens, they ran away together from this. Now they run the company WuDu Ltd. (speciality: frauds and dangerous missions). Quincy Durant is very tall, very thin, rarely gets his hair cut and is always nervous. His skin has a slightly brown tint to it, which makes him look as if he always has a suntan, accor...

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