Suurlemoen | Chapter 11 | English Summary

Suurlemoen deur Jaco Jacobs

Chapter 11: Die Gids

The Guide is a book written by Zane and Tiaan. It contains everything they know about girls. Apparently, Zane wrote it after being heartbroken, but Zane gets heartbroken quite a lot according to Tiaan. The Guide is merely one of those black and red Croxley exercise books, initially used by Tiaan’s mother for receipts. The Guide has 238 entries. However, some entries have been scratched out because Zane tested them and failed. Zane wrote more than half of the entries in the book. Tiaan was once in love with a girl he met at the sea and on the last day they saw each other, they exchanged numbers. However, the number she gave him belonged to some old person living in a retirement home in Marquard. He thinks she wrote the wrong number by mistake. The Guide contains bits like “Women like Brad Pitt because his mouth stays open even when he isn’t talking and when he is talking, he grumbles. It makes him look mysterious.”

Tiaan is worried that if his love life doesn’t improve, he will have to go to matric dance on his own. His dad had to go with one of Tiaan’s cousins, but Tiaan feels like if anything happens, he will spend the rest of his life in Tibet or in a monastery somewhere. As Tiaan pages through The Guide, he thinks some of the stuff makes sense. “Girls like guys who are in rock bands”. Finally, Zane’s reason for being so adamant becomes very clear.



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