Die engelman summary

Main plot

Chris is in Dover (England) and misses his girlfriend Natalie
He almost didn't go because he met her - he asked her to come with but she went to Maties instead
Chris enjoys literature, therefore Dover as a space:
- Charles Darwin walked there
- The French Lieutenant’s Woman was written and filmed there
- Parts of Possession (book and film) are set there
- Natalie shared this affinity for literature
- It is cold and gray in Dover
Chris drives a taxi as an occupation which pays well and he saves a lot
- He is saving for his studies (engineering)
- He is hoping to also get bursaries later on
- He is busy when the ships dock
- He has a very good English accent and makes the people feel at home
He is nicknamed "Ou Suurknol" for being so serious

Natalie dumps Chris with a Dear John letter
- She met someone in Stellenbosch, who is closer

He gets four customers, South Africans - two guys and two girls
- They are late for their ship
- He finds the one girl very attractive, think and pretty
- He understands them but they don't know he's Afrikaans
- He sees she's wearing a cross - Christian - he thinks his dad will approve, even though his dad doesn't approve of mixed race relationships
- She calls him an "engelman" (angel man) - a play on words for Englishman - she says it's correct because he's their angel in time of need and drives over the speed limit to help them
- She says she'd like to kiss him but she's scared he'll charge her with sexual flirtation or something
- She says she impressed because she sees he reads impressive things: Umberto Eco (becomes a symbol of their mutual love for literature) - she also reads it, it's very rare, she also has a lot of books in her bag
- She says he has a cute behind
- She returns to London in three days for two whole days
- He runs after her, tells her she forgot something, gives her his book and writes: For the only other person who reads Eco, I know you're docking in London in three days, I'll be there. Here's my cell number. Thanks, Chris
- She takes it and waves to him

That evening he goes to have a beer away from the South-Africans
- He is antisocial
- He doesn't like the South Africans because they are drunkards who just want to score with English girls
- He has a pie
- He feels isolated from his parents who wouldn't approve of him being in a bar - they won't understand that he doens't need to get drunk to sit there
- His phone vibrates -it's her:
"Blushed so much :-( too scared to phone. Thanks x 10! You are an angel man. Yes for London. But slow please. Will sms again when I stop blushing. Silina xxx