Chris couldn’t drive so Kathy took him everywhere.” It’s hard to think of one without the other. Their story was so special: they had a childhood romance and were inseparable. “He and his wife Kathy both came from big families. “Kids loved him – he visited schools all around the country to tell stories and get kids reading. The first book we published, Shirley, initially was meant to be a novel, but he changed it to a memoir, and it was a huge success. He was the author who I had the longest association with at Pan Macmillan and Picador Africa. He was so incisive in terms of his views on politics and the country, but he also had this larger-than-life presence and great sense of humour. “You have these kind of tumultuous memories of Chris that you sift through. Terry Morris of Pan Macmillan, Van Wyk’s publisher, spoke to Books LIVE about Van Wyk:
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