The President
$22.11
- Paperback
138 pages
- Release Date
7 November 2025
Summary
An “engrossing debut” … “like the best political thrillers, it’s suspenseful, propulsive, and infuriating at once. Readers will be rapt.” - Publishers Weekly
When a salacious fictional story about the nation’s president is published online, the ruling party and its supporters are enraged. As pressure grows for the story to be erased, its young, queer author flees into hiding, carrying with him an explosive secret - and plans for revenge.
The President is partly inspir…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781967449033 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1967449031 |
| Author: | Xander Beattie |
| Publisher: | Pronk |
| Imprint: | Pronk |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 138 |
| Release Date: | 7 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 172g |
| Dimensions: | 8mm x 148mm x 210mm |
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Xander Beattie
Xander Beattie is the fiction-writing alter ego of a longtime journalist, arts critic, and editor. His work has been published by a wide array of international and South African media, including the BBC, Monocle, Mail & Guardian, Business Day, Financial Mail, and Sunday Times (South Africa). The President is his first novel.
Born in Cape Town in 1988, Beattie lives with his husband, two cats, and hundreds of books in a remote cabin in Northern California.
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