New World, Old Tricks by Fred Khumalo

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Fred Khumalo wonders whether we will have learnt any lessons from the coronavirus pandemic in his story, "New World, Old Tricks".

At the beginning of lockdown we asked eight storytellers to pen a work of fiction inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic. Now we have asked them to record the story that they wrote for us during the first few days of lockdown. Some brave authors have read it themselves, and some have got their talented friends to do it. So take a listen to the wonderful tales of Writing the End... Coronavirus, written by some of our very best authors.
20 Sep 2020 English South Africa Books

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