The South African and Australian novelist John Maxwell Coetzee is one of most decorated English-language authors in the world. The double Booker prize winner and Nobel laureate may not be for everyone – Martin Amis once said that Coetzee had “no talent” – but his spare novels about power structures and humanity have won him a dedicated fanbase. The 83-year-old has been writing for almost 50 years, so those new to him have plenty to choose from. Will Forrester suggests some good ways in.
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