25 November 2013

On swearing

This Sunday a rather large South African newspaper published an excerpt from something I wrote.

Which was fun.

Except I was misquoted.

Which was hilarious.

To read more about this comedy of errors, click to the BooksLive post My Family Has Never Been Prouder.

25 Nov 2013 08:20:09 | Books Live, Family, My work

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