Bouwer, a native South African, was also a serial fabricator who had engineered his academic advancement with decades of spectacular, self-serving lies.
The proprietor, Chris Bouwer, a trained opera singer who has performed across Europe, sings with local guest performers while you tuck into the house speciality of Karoo lamb shank.
Later, when I wrote about the case for the New Yorker, I found staff members to be remarkably frank -- not just about Bouwer's crimes, but about their own institution's shortcomings.