-A rich and vibrant novel with shades of brutality, romance and the pressures of a close knit community. - --Leila Aboulela, author of The Kindness of Enemies

-A powerful and compelling debut. The taboo subject of an older woman's sexuality, portrayed with courage, skill and delicacy, is explored in the context of the criminal underworld and the corrupt politics that exploits it. This is a novel to be savoured. - --Zoe Wicomb, author of October

Season of Crimson Blossoms tells the captivating story of an illicit affair between a twenty-five-year-old street...