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Steinberg's research also becomes a self-exploration of his own deep sense of the cultural divide in contemporary South Africa. Jonny discusses his experiences with chair Rachel Holmes, Southbank Centre's Head of Literature and Spoken Word, at the South Bank Centre at 7.45pm on 15 January. Venue: Blue Room, Spirit Level, Royal Festival Hall

Jonny Steinberg's previous two books Midlands and The Number both won South Africa's premier non-fiction literary award, the Sunday Times Alan Paton Prize.

Just published by Vintage, THREE-LETTER PLAGUE is now out and available in bookstores and online in the UK.

'With his distinctive clarity of vision, Jonny Steinberg mines down to another of contemporary South Africa's fault lines and manages to pull off a remarkable literary feat - to make AIDS engaging to a largely fatigued world'

Peter Godwin