Green-eyed Thieves
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Imraan Coovadia
Seagull Books,
270 pages, R495
An unconventional family memoir from a South African writer, which tells the story of the fortunes of a family of crooks. The matriarch of this unusual family is a university lecturer and an accomplished shoplifter, and her husband is a master thief whose ingenious exploits include relieving the Aga Khan of his wardrobe of expensive suits.
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