Author: Karina

THE GOOD CEMETERY GUIDE

CONSUELO ROLAND

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES FICTION PRIZE

ANTHONY LOXTON, reluctant third-generation funeral director by day, is by night Tony the Fox, a guitarist in the bars of Kalk Bay. It looks like there’s no escape from the burden of the past. But when Lily, Tony’s one-night stand, arrives in a body bag at the Loxton Funeral Parlour, he surprises himself by breaking his own rules.

As the boundaries separating the two worlds he has created for himself collapse, Anthony’s journey of self-discovery begins, accompanied by a cast of unforgettable characters. A chain of events takes him to the edge of tragedy and disaster and back again. He discovers that the living are more fragile than the dead and that joy can arise in the most unlikely circumstances.

PRAISE FOR THE BOOK

‘Remarkable … The needs of the dead and those of the living are superbly captured.’ BEVERLEY ROOS MULLER, Cape Argus

‘’n Heerlike boek om jou te laat lag, dink, gril en weer lag.’ MADELEINE ROUX, Volksblad

‘You can smell the sea, hear the 4.30 train to Muizenberg and feel the grit in your eyes when the South-Easter picks up. Highly recommended.’ BARRY TYSON, The Other Guide

‘… the story is eccentrically funny with a chorus of marvellous characters and a cheering resolution … an irresistible tale of human possibility.’ MICHELE MAGWOOD, Sunday Times

‘… dis ’n juweel van ’n boek.’ MADELEINE VAN BILJON, Beeld

‘Unputdownable.’ MANU, Goodreads

CONSUELO ROLAND is a South African author. The new edition of her acclaimed debut, The Good Cemetery Guide, is now available from Karavan Press. With her subsequent novels in the Limbo Trilogy, she continues her exploration of human relationships and the power of possibility. Her poetry and prose appear in various journals and anthologies. She lives with her family in Hout Bay, a coastal town on the Cape Peninsula.

consueloroland.com

Publisher: Karavan Press

Publication date: November 2024

ISBN: 978-1-0672224-8-2

Kindle: The Good Cemetery Guide

(First published by Double Storey Books, 2005)