East Griqualand Anecjokes

John Stanford’s anecjokes are yarns against adversity, told with elegance and wry humour.  Spanning half a century from the 1930s to the 1980s, they range from the psychology of sheep to frozen tractor valves to ancestral aunts. Many of the same characters re-appear, forming a patchwork of stories that becomes a rich and lively portrait of both an extended family and a farming community.