Book review: The Mandela Plot by Kenneth Bonert

“South African born Jewish-Canadian author Kenneth Bonert’s

sophomore effort The Mandela Plot is a sequel to his multiple

awards winning debut novel The Lion Seeker (also reviewed

on NYJB) that continues the Helger family saga begun in the

earlier volume in a rather dark combination coming of age

story and political thriller. A concluding epilogue in the final

fifth of the novel includes commentary on post-Apartheid

South Africa in general and the predicament of its Jewish

citizens in particular.” — From my review of The Mandela

Plot by Kenneth Bonert in New York Journal of Books