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South African author of crime thriller novels, Deon Meyer. AFP
South African author of crime thriller novels, Deon Meyer. AFP
Coronavirus and 'Fever': South African writer Deon Meyer looks back at his 'eerily' familiar thriller
The parallels between Meyer's 2016 'story of survival' and the Covid-19 pandemic are chilling