’n Plaaslike spioenasie wipplankrit..

Robert Ferreira is in die pekel. Sy vrou Sylvia het spoorloos verdwyn. Hy is seker haar Portugese familie, die Monteiro’s van Rossetenville, het iets daarmee te doen. Om dinge te vererger vereis sy bevelvoerder in die Suid-Afrikaanse Veiligheidspolisie, dat hy deelneem aan een laaste geheime sending, al is dit teen sy wil…

Dit het alles begin met die kaping van die passasierskip, die Santa Maria, in Kabinda. Watter rol het die Amerikaners en Mossad gespeel? En die Russe, waar pas hulle in? Wat van die vermiste koevert, waarvoor almal bereid is om te moor?

Robert sal enige-iets doen om sy vrou te vind. Sy bevelvoerder, met al sy kontakte, weet dalk net waar sy is. Hy het dus geen keuse om die laaste sending aan te pak nie. Die vraag is: steek sy vrou dalk ook iets weg? Net tyd sal leer…

Die leser word deel van Robert se sending na plekke soos Siprus, Portugal en Beiroet, waar hy vir Julia Breytenbach, ’n Britse SIS-agent ontmoet. Daar is ook ’n aantal ander rolspelers om die gevaarlike Ursula Scheider vas te trek; sy wat die ontwykende koevert in haar besit het. Sal hulle haar kan vang voor die inligting in die verkeerde hande beland, met katastrofiese gevolge vir Suid-Afrika? Ook: gaan Robert sy gevoelens vir Julia in toom kan hou?

Die Russiese intelligensiedienste beplan om Verwoerd te vermoor.

Hul kontak in Suid-Afrika is Thomas Jacobs, ’n Suid-Afrikaanse anargis wat in die Spaanse Burgeroorlog geveg het. Na die ontnugtering van die oorlog vestig Thomas hom naby Colesberg, ver van politieke knoeiery. Maar die politiek haal hom in.

’n Ou kameraad is na Colesberg oppad, waar hy sy eertydse vriend ’n laaste keer vir die saak wil werf . . .

Nuwe plek, nuwe skool, nuwe mense. Ek het my eenkant gehou, net in die middae pinball gespeel by die Griek se kafee op die hoek. Pinball was my ding. My nuwe klasmaats het gesien hoe ek speel.

“Kyk hoe jive die cat daar agter die pinball,” lag die een. “Ek scheme dié Randfontein cat is nie te bad nie.”

Omdat ek ’n soort van pinball wizard was, het hulle my nie so geboelie soos vir my kleinboet Johnny nie.
 
Ná ’n lewe in die skadus neem ’n man stelling in, rewolwer in die hand, om sy allerlaaste misdaad te pleeg.
 
Terwyl hy in ’n donker sitkamer wag, loop sy herinneringe wye draaie: na harde grootwordjare in Randfontein en Germiston se strate, waar selfs jou eie familie jou kon bloedmond slaan. Hy onthou die Suid-Afrika waarin hy opgegroei het: die Castle Lager en Lucky Strikes agter skoolpawiljoene, die seuns met aanvalsgewere op die grens.
 
Vir ’n hierjy soos hy was sy pad reeds vroeg uitgemeet: hoëtroustelle steel, baie Klipdrift, verbeteringskool, daarná die army. En toe sluk Sunnyside se nagklubs en onderwêreld hom in.
 
In André Krüger se aangrypende roman oor familie, verraad en wraak – geskryf in die taal van die straat en die tyd – voer een man ’n uiterste stryd teen sy lotsbestemming.

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Gottfried Kampfer: Ein Herrnhutischer Bubenroman In Zwei Buchern Herman Anders Kruger A. Janssen, 1908 Religion; Christianity; Denominations; Religion / Christianity / Denominations