The Quiet Violence Of Dreams by K. Sello Duiker

A vivid, hallucinatory novel follows a young man who drifts into Cape Town’s underbelly after personal loss, descending into heroin use, sex work and obsessive dreaming as he searches for identity and escape; the narrative confronts urban marginalization, queer desire, loneliness and the psychological wounds of post‑apartheid society, blending gritty realism with surreal, often disturbing imagery.