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050  4 $a PR9369.4.D57 $b G66 2021
100 1  $a Dison, David, $e author.
245 14 $a The good Nigerian / $c David Dison.
264  1 $a Auckland Park, South Africa : $b Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd, $c 2021.
300    $a 191 pages ; $c 21 cm
520    $a "A distress call from Nossel's old friend, Alex, breaks into the detective's lazy Sunday afternoon. He is propelled into the glamour and sleaze of the city's underworld by a kidnap and a demand for an exotic ransom. Accompanied by Alex's captivating Nigerian wife Ngozi, they scour the fleshpots of Johannesburg, from its mega-rich northern suburbs to its sordid core in the dark city. They are pursued by the crazed steroidal enforcer who answers to only one man - Yuri Kramerov, the pimpmeister of Doornfontein. With time running out, and in their desperate quest to recover the ransom, encounters, characters and places create a Chandler-esque story, with Johannesburg as the main attraction"--Provided by Publisher
500    $a Novel.
504    $a Includes bibliographical references (page 191).
650  0 $a Kidnapping $z Johannesburg $z Johannesburg $v Fiction.
650  0 $a Gangsters $z Johannesburg $z Johannesburg $v Fiction.
650  0 $a Detective and mystery stories, South African (English) $y 21st century.
650  0 $a South African fiction (English) $y 21st century.
650  7 $a South African fiction (English) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01127180
651  0 $a Johannesburg (South Africa) $v Fiction.
655  2 $a Fictional Work $0 (DNLM)D022922
655  7 $a Gangster fiction. $2 lcgft
655  7 $a Detective and mystery fiction. $2 lcgft
655  7 $a Thrillers (Fiction) $2 lcgft
655  7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft
655  7 $a Fiction. $2 lcgft
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