Mermaid fillet
By: Mia Arderne
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Kwela Books
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780795709760
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Fiction; Feminism
Description: "The only human ever born wearing Jordans receives a DM on Twitter after a gang-related hit. The mission: Find the Tamagotchi, or else! This is the story of a banggat, a main ou, a genuine ou, a malnaai and a Twitter user. A story where dark and fantastical experiences are intricately woven to tell the tale of a network of wannabe gangsters, a wife fanning herself with her husband's money in the Northern Suburbs and a sturvy twenty-nine-year-old living in Woodstock. In this Cape Town, there's a Goddess who casts raging red storms when female bodies are abused. It's a place where women try to redefine their space in society and highly coveted mermaid tails are traded for R 4 000/kg. Mermaid Fillet is a noir crime novel about violence, feminism and how you dala what you must" -- Back cover.