Yes, looking at my steadily shrinking pile of to-read books, I picked out another short, sharp one from Galgut and read it in a couple of days. I wasn’t expecting much because this was his first novel, yet once again I was astounded by the sense of tension and unpredictability of his story. 
Describing equally his mother’s descent into yet another post-divorce relationship with a black activist to “find herself” and the upcoming Namibian independence elections, Galgut puts us right in the centre of his world. You can sense the heat, the isolation and the loneliness; the mysterious and unfathomable moods of locals. Only Coetzee has had this effect on me before, and coincidentally he is South African also. A great short novel. 4 stars.