About the Book
In the award-winning Bitches’ Brew, Sis Lettie sometimes shocked, infuriated and, most importantly, entertained readers. In this new book, Seven Steps to Heaven, this streetwise philosopher of the shebeens and entrepreneur par excellence takes the back seat as her son Kokoroshe, street urchin turned lawyer, takes centre stage.
This is a multilayered family saga, a riveting tale of love, betrayal, and a search for identity � sexual and otherwise. Dark and understated, but sometimes boisterous and with the in-your-face humour that made Bitches’ Brew a hit with readers and critics alike, is the engine that drives Seven Steps To Heaven to a painful yet satisfying climax.
About the Author
Fred Khumalo is a journalist and editor of the Sunday Times� Insight & Opinion section. A journalism graduate of Technikon Natal in Durban, he has also published many short stories. He was runner up for the 1991 Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award and the 1996 Bertrams VO Literature of Africa Award. He received an honourable mention in the first EU Literary Award (2005). Khumalo�s first two books are both bestsellers. His novel, Bitches� Brew, was joint winner of the European Union Award for Fiction in 2006. His non-fiction work, Touch My Blood, was shortlisted for the Alan Paton Award 2007.
