A colourful background that includes a stint as a boxer, writing a children’s book, and editing an Afrikaans adult magazine has culminated in a novel that Gqeberha author Michael Green believes is his best work yet.

Though his real name has appeared in a number of publications, predominantly as a sports writer, he has also amassed a cult-like following over the better part of the last four decades under the alias RR Ryger. ..