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Book Review: Pleasure by Nthikeng Mohlele

“Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it” – Søren Kierkegaard

Milton Mohlele is a writer, a scholar and, most importantly, a dreamer obsessed with the concept of pleasure. Through all of his life pursuits and experiences, he is insatiably drawn to the notion and sees it in all its guises, from the alluring sensuality of a beautiful woman to the unconcealed joy of a child savouring an ice cream on a sunny afternoon. Beginning with his days spent as a soldier in war-torn Europe to living in Cape Town, South Africa, as an academic with a thirst for the erotic, Milton depicts his realities and his dreams in a unique and insightful way that never fails to bring to the fore the power that pleasure holds over us all. A descriptive novel that will make you think about life’s greatest pleasures as well as what the feeling means to you personally.

Pleasure by Nthikeng Mohlele is available for R228, Picador Africa.

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