Twisting the wrong arm of the law
Last weekend I bribed my first policeman. Yes, I know. It's shocking to think that I have lived in this country my whole life and only now has this happened.
I have friends in Joburg who bribe cops t...
So very launched
I don’t know why my publisher, Pan Macmillan, decided that I needed two launches for my book – Incognito – The Memoirs of Ben Trovato – in the space of a week in Cape Town. Perhaps they wanted a backu...
The Naked Launch II
CAPE TOWN is jammed with people wandering the streets at night looking for a free drink, a good time or shelter from the storm. If you’re one of them, come to the launch of Incognito –...
Beer, books and brawling
Cape Town’s literary community was rocked to its foundations last week when beer was offered for the first time ever at a book launch.
Guests who attended the launch of Incognito – The Memoir...
Everybody must get stoned.
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng is on a mission to put the fear of God into us. He believes South Africa would be a far better country “if religion could be allowed to influence the laws that govern our...
Ben Trovato: My Part in His Downfall
Incognito – The Memoirs of Ben Trovato is one man's story of how he fooled the world, and himself, into thinking he was someone else.
Join him as he goes laughingly into the flames.
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Author flees – gets high
My memoir hit the bookshops last week so I left the country before anyone could read it. My publisher accused me of aberrant behaviour. Apparently the normal thing would have been to stay around and h...
Lubowski & Me
Another extract from The Memoirs of Ben Trovato.
Ben Trovato – EXPOSED
There is a good chance there are still people out there holding powerful grudges against me for something I wrote that mocked their language, religion, race, political belief...