Season 3 • Episode 10
LatestVeerman Charon gives Lourens an impossible choice. Hanli, Tom and the book club interfere in Vera and Piet's relationship. John and Julia make plans for the future.
The series tells the story of Tom Niemandt who receives an unexpected call that leads him to the Karoo. While trying to make sense of Merweville, the village in the Karoo, he meets a group of people who change his life irrevocably.
Acting
Jana Cilliers's Anna — devastating, precise, unforgettable
Cinematography
Karoo landscapes as character — vast, unforgiving, beautiful
Writing
Leon van Nierop's layered small-town mysteries unfold like literary fiction
Creator
Leon van Nierop
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot entirely in Merweville, a real dying Karoo town — locals appear as extras and the school scenes use the actual abandoned school building.
The title's double meaning: 'boekklub' as book club and Afrikaans slang for burial society — the series explores both gatherings that process death.
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