Young Blood // Sifiso Mzobe [english]

”Young Blood is equal parts coming-of-age story, crime novel and gripping anthropological study.”
Sonja van der Westhuizen, Crime Fiction Lover

”Riveting stuff, not easily put down.”
Susan Roberts, Goodreads

Sipho is seventeen when he drops out of school in Umlazi, the township outside Durban. He leaves his father's backyard car repairs behind and drifts into a car hijacking syndicate with his friends, chasing fast money, fast cars and status.

Sifiso Mzobe grew up in Umlazi and works as a journalist. Young Blood was his debut and won the Herman Charles Bosman Prize and the Sunday Times Fiction Prize in 2011 and the Wole Soyinka Prize in 2012.

A good fit if you like crime fiction with a strong sense of place. Readers point to the pace and to how close the story stays to real life.

”Energetic and full of lived experience.”
Daniel Polansky, Goodreads

”It's this authentic glimpse into a dangerous and unfamiliar world which makes Young Blood an unsettling and eye-opening read.”
Sonja van der Westhuizen, Crime Fiction Lover