Honours for Pan MacMillan

Pan Macmillan scooped two of the prestigious awards at the Jenny Crwys-Williams annual Big Brunch on Saturday 2 December 2006.
		Book of the Year was awarded to Peter Godwin’s memoir: When A Crocodile Eats The Sun. “The Shona of Zimbabwe describe a solar eclipse as a crocodile eating the sun. No metaphor could be more powerful as Godwin writes about a once-beloved country cannibalising itself. Over a period of six years, Godwin visits and revisits his once-vital family as it succumbs to age, illness, near poverty and to the side effects of political rebellion as the state loses its moral compass. The result is a searing and profound memoir, as memorable for its story as it is for the quality of Godwin's muscular prose.” Buy it now!
		Cookbook of the Year was awarded to Marlene van der Westhuizen and Stephen Inggs’s Delectable. “If you haven't heard people speaking about Delectable, you will, very soon. It's an exquisitely photographed cookbook so redolent of France you can almost taste the olive oil, smell the garlic, swallow the fragrant raspberries. Marlene van der Westhuizen spends much of the year in her French kitchen, and what's left over is spent in her Cape Town kitchen. Stephen Inggs turns food photography into something lyrical.” Buy it now!
		Also short listed was Mirrors Of The Unseen: Journeys In Iran by Jason Elliot (Picador) “There can be few writers as well equipped as Jason Elliott to explore the modern face of ancient Persia, to wonder at temples and mosques of such exquisite, refined beauty his descriptions leave you gasping. You have to keep reminding yourself, when surveying the bleak and forgettable cityscapes of modern Iran, that this was the world's first superpower. Part travelogue, part art history, part architectural rhapsody, part history, this is a book you will not readily forget.” Buy it now!