Graham DownsApr 8, 2024

The African movie, "Heart of the Hunter", based on a #DeonMeyer novel, just made history by being the first African Film to debut in the top spot in English-language films on the #Netflix Top 10 weekly rankings.

https://gadget.co.za/heartofhunter2/?utm_source=MastodonAfrica

Have you seen it yet? Have you read the book?

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I've only seen the movie
0%
I've only read the book
3.4%
I've done both
0%
I've done neither
96.6%
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Africa's 'Heart of Hunter' makes history – Gadget

It is the first African Film to debut in the top spot in English-language films on the Netflix Top 10 weekly rankings.

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Show threadGrant_H
@GrahamDowns @bookstodon which book is it based on? The first Benny Griesel?
Apr 8, 2024 at 3:41pmTusky
Show threadGraham DownsApr 8, 2024
@grant_h the book apparently has the same title as the movie. I've never heard of it, but then I don't know much about Deon Meyer. :)
Show threadGrant_HApr 8, 2024
@GrahamDowns Done some checking - it is one of the few Meyer's I haven't read. Long weekend reading queued. (Cued?)
If you haven't read any Meyer, and enjoy crime thrillers, he's *very* good. Vonnegut said authors should punish their hero's - and Meyer took that to heart. But his characters are deeply real, and believable.
Definitely worth the effort.
Show threadStephen HayesApr 9, 2024

@grant_h @GrahamDowns

I've read a few books by Deon Meyer, but not that one.

Read this one during the Covid epidemic:

https://methodius.blogspot.com/2022/08/fever-dystopian-novel-about-pandemic.html

Fever: a Dystopian Novel about a Pandemic and its Aftermath

Fever by Deon Meyer My rating: 4 of 5 stars I've read and enjoyed several books that envisage a scenario in which the world's human popul...

Show threadBrian Bakker 🏍️ 🏉🏏🇿🇦Apr 9, 2024
@hayesstw @grant_h @GrahamDowns Haven't read that one myself but I see that it was first published in June 2017, three years before Covid. Hmmm. Life imitates art.
Show threadGraham DownsApr 9, 2024
@incautius Isn't that just so often the case? 🤔 @hayesstw @grant_h