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Sales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comtwitter.com/starbooksales ADVANCE INFORMATIONDownhillWithout BrakesVal BinneyKEY SELLING POINTSA novel that explores the dramatic impact of societal change in post-Apartheid South Africa.Toldthroughtheeyesoftheblackandwhiteprotagonistsastheydealwiththeoutcomesof anill-fated encounter.Author has an in-depth understanding of trauma from her career as a clinical psychologist.InnewlydemocraticSouthAfrica,doormanEzekielMabuzais sinkingundertheweightof thedeathsof his wifefromcancer,onesonfrom AIDSandtheotherintownshipviolence. Heurgentlyneedstoreturntohis homevillagetoseehissangoma(medicinewoman)aboutwhythespirits of hisancestorsaresoangrywith him thattheyaretakinghislovedones. Hefearslosinghistwodaughters.Ezekiel%u2019s boss, museum directorBenGallagher,refuses himthe extra leave neededforthe long journey and suggeststhatheconsultsalocalsangoma.Afteranightdrinkingwithfriends,Ezekielsnaps.Hepullsa knife onGallagherduringanimportantfundingvisit bySwedishfunders.Thedoormanchaseshisboss throughthe streets until marathon runnerBen manages to pull away.DownhillWithoutBrakesis anabsorbing, poignantnovelthattraceshowonefatefulincident changesboth Ezekiel%u2019s andGallagher%u2019slives forever,withfeistyNomsa,Ezekiel%u2019s sister-in-lawfightingtosavehimfroma charge of attempted murder.ValBinney grewupinSouthAfricaandlivesinSheffield.ShecompletedanMAincreativewritingafterretiring asachildclinicalpsychologist.Herdebutnovel,DownhillWithoutBrakesissetinpost-ApartheidSouthAfrica. She has published poems in magazines such as The North, Interpreters House, Antiphon, Broken Spine, MatterDecantoandObsessedwithPipework.Publication Date: 28th October 2024 %u00a310.99 ISBN:9781836280200 Thema subject category: FBA%u2013Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literarypaperback 198 x 129 mm 368 pp Portrait Authorlocation: Sheffield