hectic! by aryan kaganof

novel

isbn: 0958481571

"miss malurby slams the bottle down in front of me, white froth bubbling out. i sommer scoop my head down to save that precious liquid and she yells 'spit or swallow?'"

"i think one day i'm gonna ask her to marry me. ... she must like me, otherwise she would never have given me the free label. it's called zammelik in the townships, but i don't know why. actually i don't know why it's called black label either since the label's red. the world's a hectic place. hectic."

aryan kaganof is a writer and acclaimed avant-garde South African filmmaker. his most recent documentary "western 4.33" (2002), was voted Best Documentary at the Africa and Islands Festival in Réunion and Best Video Made in Africa at the 12th African Film Festival in Milan