{"product_id":"the-steam-pig-isbn-9781569476529","title":"The Steam Pig","description":"In the debut mystery featuring Lieutenant Kramer and Detective Sergeant Mickey Zondi set in South Africa, a beautiful blonde has been killed by a bicycle spoke to the heart, Bantu gangster style. Why?\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Steam Pig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003eA \u003ci\u003eParade Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 101 Best Mystery Books of All Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The eight detective novels of Kramer and Zondi will last forever.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Parade Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“James McClure's first novel arrives like a slam in the kidneys . . . a gripping style, real characters, and an exotic locale. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Steam Pig\u003c\/i\u003e will not only keep the reader's nose to the page, it will also make the reader think.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“More than a good mystery story, which it is, \u003ci\u003eThe Steam Pig\u003c\/i\u003e is also a revealing picture of the hate and sickness of the apartheid society of South Africa.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“That it takes place in the apartheid setting of South Africa, that it has a black and white police team so artfully conceived as to engender cheers, that it uses the power of subtlety over brash bias to make its points, sets it up as a memorable mystery.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“From South Africa comes one of the best of the lot, \u003ci\u003eThe Steam Pig\u003c\/i\u003e. It introduces as weird and sinister a group of malefactors as you will find anywhere, and maybe nowhere else.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for James McClure\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[McClure is] a distinguished crime novelist who has created in his Afrikaner Tromp Kramer and Bantu Sergeant Zondi two detectives who are as far from stereotypes as any in the genre.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—P. D. James\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McClure's stories ... have been noteworthy in equal measure for their poignant evocation of [South Africa], their perception of partnership, and their acute sense of sexual obsession.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Time Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The pace is fast, the solution ingenious. Above all, however, is the author's extraordinary naturalistic style. He is that rarity—a sensitive writer who can carry his point without forcing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Soho completes its reprinting of one of the finest police series to begin in the 1970s, James McClure's eight books about Tromp Kramer and Mickey Zondi, a South African biracial detective team in the days of Apartheid.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames McClure\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Johannesburg. Je published eight wildly successful books in the Kramer and Zondi series. He died on June 17, 2006.","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301970628837,"sku":"NP9781569476529","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781569476529.jpg?v=1767741656","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-steam-pig-isbn-9781569476529","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}