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The Last Bookaneer

On the island of Samoa, in a house perched on a cliff beneath a smouldering volcano,
a dying Robert Louis Stevenson labours over a new novel. It is rumoured that this may

be the author of Treasure Island’s greatest masterpiece.
On the other side of the world this news ires the imaginations of the bookaneers -

literary pirates who steal the latest manuscripts by famous writers to smuggle them to a

hungry public. But a changing world means the bookaneers will soon become extinct.
Two adversaries set out for the South Paciic: Pen Davenport, a tortured criminal

genius haunted by his past and Belial, his nemesis. Both dream of fortune and
immortality with this last and most incredible heist.

The Last Bookaneer thrillingly depicts the lost world of these doomed outlaws, a
tropical island with a violent destiny, a brewing colonial war and a reclusive genius

directing events from high in his mountain compound.

By Matthew Pearl
£17.99

Harvill Secker

Captain Linnaeus Tripe

Captain Linnaeus Tripe (1822-1902), born in Devon, UK, was a pioneer of early

photography who depicted the landscape of India and Burma (now Myanmar) in the 1850s.
This major presentation of his photographs at the V&A in London, part of the V&A

India Festival, includes more than 60 of his most striking views taken between 1852
and 1860, including architectural sites and monuments, roads, bridges, moats and

landscape vistas.

Many of the images are the irst photographic records of these sites and prints will Captain Linnaeus Tripe: Photographer
be show alongside bound albums of his work, a panoramic scroll and two models of
of India and Burma, 1852-1860
monuments similar to his subjects.Showing now until 11th October, 2015

www.vam.ac.uk

The Test Kitchen

British born chef Luke Dale-Roberts heads up the kitchen at this stylish

South African restaurant where he and his team produce colourful plates of
delicious, exhilarating food.

Much of it is presented in original, often theatrical ways, with handmade
plates, bowls and boards complementing the dishes and the restaurant

boasts 28th spot in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants for 2015, sponsored by

S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna.
There are ive and nine-course tasting menus on offer at dinner as well as a

ive-course lunch and à la carte menus, and dishes include grilled scallops,
pickled ish, springbok and lamb rib with rosemary and tomato teriyaki and

clay-baked celeriac.

www.thetestkitchen.co.za
The Old Biscuit Mill, 375 Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town

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