Hagen Engler, author of In The Maid’s Room, lists some of his most bizarre influences. [This piece appeared in the Sunday Times.] I’m most satisfied with my writing when I’m a bit nervous about it. When I’m not sure how it will be received. It might be an experiment […]
How to be white when you’re no longer centre of attention? When you no longer even matter? How to be white when everyone’s patience runs out? These existential questions are addressed in Hagen Engler’s third novel, the satirical farce In The Maid’s Room. Other crucial learnings are how to buy […]
I put some mags on their table and just leave. I make like I’m only stopping by to drop off mags. I’ve got somewhere else to go. Still gotta swing by Angelo’s and Havanas and the Keg & Fox and the Hanging Judge, and 52, and Times Café, and um, […]
“My lyrics are loony. I’m PE’s George Clooney. Even Miss PE wants to do me. I’m hooked on porno movies. Had 14 tabs open at last count. Is that a bad amount? Yeah yeah! Come on, Club Tonite! Can I get a yeah-yeah? Yeah yeah! You can do better than […]
This is an excerpt from my third novel, In The Maid’s Room, which launches next week, in Port Elizabeth “Hallo, ma. You going anywhere past Walmer? Walmer Town Hall, Servistar, Walmer Park? Even Walmer Township.” She nods. Surly woman, large with a couple of whiskers on her chin, and a […]
This is an excerpt from my latest novel, In The Maid’s Room – my third. The book launches next week in Port Elizabeth. There’s a rock at Schoenmakerskop where you can get tubed. On the far side of a rockpool that you can just about wade across if the tide’s […]