The Thirteenth Guest: A riveting and hilarious anthology of bushveld experiences by Rod Beaumont

ISBN: 9780620969123

Rod Beaumont, August 2022

318 pages, Paperback

**Signed by Author, dedicated to previous owner. Book still in brand new condition, never read.

A completely fascinating anecdotal history of two farms and their surrounds in the lowveld. The author keeps the book both topical and funny. The Thirteenth Guest is loaded full of an eclectic mix of stories about his family, the bush and the wild life he grew up with. There is an enchanting, old world introduction going back to the family’s raw pioneering roots in 1926. The stories paint a vivid and hitherto unseen picture of life in the South African bushveld which very few people in the world have been privileged enough to live through.

Stories like the “Bubble Gum Mine and the Unfaithful Teeth” and the “Drunken Wasp” will entertain you. You will be captivated, you will laugh and sometimes you will cry or at the very least you will have a lump in your throat. Above all, you will not put this book down from page 1 to the end.