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product_id: 17368852
title: "Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero"
brand: "charles sprawson"
price: "R697"
currency: ZAR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 13
url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/17368852-haunts-of-the-black-masseur-the-swimmer-as-hero
store_origin: ZA
region: South Africa
---

# Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero

**Brand:** charles sprawson
**Price:** R697
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero by charles sprawson
- **How much does it cost?** R697 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Description

Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero

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## Customer Reviews

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    Don't waste your time or money
  

*by O***Y on Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2018*

A narcissistic, obsessive, disconnected meditation by an author who seems to have collected random tidbits related to water, and/or swimming in his literary and geographic travels/imagination.  It contains strong 'undertones' of pedophilia, the 'beauty' of suicide, the pains (and delights) of being gay, and long paragraphs with many non-sequiturs.  It is loaded with casual name dropping of persons who are not described as to profession, age, any aspect of their life, or how they fit the narrative, other than in the author's mind.  He has a 'unique' definition of swimming, which is then constantly modified by his many, briefly discussed, literary or athletic figures.  Many discussions of languid times/fantasies spent admiring and wishing to touch the bodies of the very young, although always safely observed from a distance.  I read a book a week, am very literary, and always finish, no matter how painful.  This one required an exhausting, 20 pages a day schedule, to survive it.  Worst book I've bought in years.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Very personal stream of consciousness about swimming and its history
  

*by A***H on Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2019*

Like his lyricism

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A swimmer's inspiration.
  

*by M***E on Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2020*

If you swim, read this.

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*Product available on Desertcart South Africa*
*Store origin: ZA*
*Last updated: 2026-03-01*