Publisher's Synopsis
Kristin receives menacing phone calls and her home is invaded and vandalized-even her cat isn't spared the threats-and the chief magistrate has no choice but to assign a bodyguard to protect her. To Kristin's consternation, security guard Don Mateza moves into her home and trails her everywhere. This new arrangement doesn't suit Don's longtime girlfriend Tumi, a former model and successful businesswoman, who is intent on turning Don into a Black Diamond-a member of the wealthy new black South African middle class. And Don soon finds that his new assignment has unexpected complications that Tumi simply does not understand.
In Black Diamond, Mda tackles every conceivable South African stereotype, skillfully turning them upside down and exposing their ironies-often hilariously. This is a clever, quirky novel, in which Mda captures the essence of contemporary life in a fast-changing urban world.