ABOUT
THE BOOK

The Telling of Angus Quain is a sharply observed novel of contemporary Johannesburg, featuring Angus Quain’s rise from railwayman’s son to executive glory and his unusual friendship with Faith Doberman, a lonely writer/historian who begins to realise that he is not who he seems. As Angus is struck by cancer, Faith’s curiosity grows into a quest for truth which leads to a confrontation between the dying man and his rivals in fraud. Jenny Hobbs is an author, freelance journalist and occasional television presenter, living in Johannesburg. The Telling of Angus Quain is her fourth novel.