Losing the Plot: Crime, reality and fiction in postapartheid South African writing
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Wits University Press, 2016.
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Leon de Kock., & Leon de Kock|AUTHOR. (2016). Losing the Plot: Crime, reality and fiction in postapartheid South African writing . Wits University Press.

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Leon de Kock and Leon de Kock|AUTHOR. Losing the Plot: Crime, Reality and Fiction in Postapartheid South African Writing Wits University Press, 2016.

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