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02268aam a2200337 i 4500 001 6B3AD0AA9E3C11EE84E191EF36ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231219010058 008 230621s2023 sa 000 f eng 020 $a 1415210632 020 $a 9781415210635 035 $a (OCoLC)1383766552 040 $a X$@ $b eng $e rda $c X$@ $d X$@ $d OCLCF $d NLZAH $d CLU $d ZCU $d OCLCO $d NDD $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 050 04 $a PR9369.4.L68 $b S66 2023 100 1 $a Louw, Johan Vlok, $e author. 245 10 $a Sons of mud / $c Johan Vlok Louw. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Cape Town, South Africa : $b Umuzi, an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa, $c 2023. 300 $a 255 pages ; $c 23 cm 490 1 $a Trailblazer ; $v 5 520 $a "At an army base close to Voortrekkerhoogte in Pretoria, at the height of summer and South Africa's Border War, 18-year-old recruits endure an appalling drill sergeant bent on turning them into killing machines for the SADF. They are sleep deprived, and tension mounts in this group of disparate individuals - boys from all walks of life - expected to function as a unit. Andrew Howard-Smythe, a surfer from Durban, is the first to notice the giant Afrikaans boy Riejkardt Jurgens, whom he describes as a cross between a heavyweight wrestler and an orangutan. After a particularly gruelling training session on a shooting range, it is Riejkardt who snaps, severely injuring three officers before he is restrained.The investigation that follows is suspicious right from the start. It turns out that, instead of being prosecuted, Riejkardt will be recruited for a sinister military outfit when his propensity for violence is recognised. Thus, this short, hard-hitting novel tracks the making of a henchman."-- $c Publisher's description. 610 10 $a South Africa. $b South African Defence Force $v Fiction. 650 0 $a South African fiction (English) 655 0 $a South African fiction (English) 655 7 $a Novels $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01921742 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Romans. $2 rvmgf $0 (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000475 830 0 $a Trailblazer (Cape Town (South Africa)) ; $v 5. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231219011749.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6B3AD0AA9E3C11EE84E191EF36ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search