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  • "A Twist of Sand" revisited

    From Steve Hayes@hayesstw@telkomsa.net to alt.books.reviews,alt.books,rec.arts.books,soc.culture.african on Mon Apr 20 05:35:48 2026
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    Many years ago I read "A Twist of Sand", an adventure/thriller by
    Geoffrey Jenkins.

    It's mostly set in Namibia, and when I first read it I hadn't ever set
    foot in Namibia. I recently found a copy in a second-hand bookshop,
    and bought and re-read it, but thisn time after I had been in Namibia.

    My before & after review here:

    <https://methodius.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-twist-of-sand-novel-set-in-namibia-65.html>
    --
    Stephen Hayes, Author of The Year of the Dragon
    Sample or purchase The Year of the Dragon: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/907935
    Web site: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
    Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com
    E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk or if you use Gmail hayesstw@telkomsa.net
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  • From Titus G@noone@nowhere.com to alt.books.reviews,alt.books,rec.arts.books,soc.culture.african on Thu May 28 15:31:02 2026
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    On 20/04/2026 15:35, Steve Hayes wrote:
    Many years ago I read "A Twist of Sand", an adventure/thriller by
    Geoffrey Jenkins.

    It's mostly set in Namibia, and when I first read it I hadn't ever set
    foot in Namibia. I recently found a copy in a second-hand bookshop,
    and bought and re-read it, but thisn time after I had been in Namibia.

    My before & after review here:

    <https://methodius.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-twist-of-sand-novel-set-in-namibia-65.html>

    Despite having never been to Africa, I enjoyed your reviews and the book
    which I have just reread. My father had a copy which I had read and
    completely forgotten. Too much technical sailor talk for me but an
    interesting plot with brutal pragmatic characters and mainly possibly plausible.
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