Green-eyed Thieves

Imraan Coovadia

Seagull Books,

270 pages, R495

An unconventional family memoir from a South African writer, which tells the story of the fortunes of a family of crooks. The matriarch of this unusual family is a university lecturer and an accomplished shoplifter, and her husband is a master thief whose ingenious exploits include relieving the Aga Khan of his wardrobe of expensive suits.