{"product_id":"2026100005095-secondhand-the-steam-pig","title":"The Steam Pig","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: DJ - worn with some moisture damage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work of crime fiction, The Steam Pig introduces readers to one of literature's most compelling detective duos: Lieutenant Tromp Kramer, a white Afrikaner, and his Zulu sergeant, Mickey Zondi, as they investigate the brutal murder of a young woman in apartheid-era South Africa. James McClure's debut novel uses the procedural framework of a police thriller to expose the deep moral contradictions and human costs of a society built on racial segregation, delivering social commentary with the precision of a scalpel. The tone is taut and unsentimental, balancing sharp wit with genuine menace as Kramer and Zondi navigate a system that criminalizes their own partnership. McClure illustrates how the machinery of apartheid distorts justice at every turn, making the pursuit of a killer inseparable from a reckoning with the state itself. Winner of the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award, The Steam Pig stands as a masterwork of the genre — a novel that is as politically incisive as it is grippingly plotted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48820225573083,"sku":"2026100005095-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d75f69a8-1b2f-48f5-8bce-97110f9b11c7.png?v=1780054602","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100005095-secondhand-the-steam-pig","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}