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We Are Not Such Things Justine van der Leun

We Are Not Such Things par Justine van der Leun

We Are Not Such Things Justine van der Leun


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A `MAKING A MURDERER' set in South Africa - a gripping true-crime story of murder and the justice system in the shadow of apartheid

We Are Not Such Things Résumé

We Are Not Such Things: Murder. Justice. The Search for Truth. Justine van der Leun

A `MAKING A MURDERER' set in South Africa - a gripping true-crime story of murder and the justice system in the shadow of apartheid

In 1993 a young white American activist called Amy Biehl was brutally murdered by a group of men in a township near Cape Town. A few years later, two of the convicted murderers were working with Amy's parents at a charity set up in her memory.

After the horrors of apartheid, hope and reconciliation had triumphed.

It's an inspiring story. But is it just that - a story?

`Your next true-crime obsession' Vogue

`A Truman Capote-style detective story' Financial Times

`Gripping, explosive . . . crafts a close sense of place that rivals the work of Katherine Boo' New York Times

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`Gripping, explosive . . . crafts a close sense of place that rivals the work of Katherine Boo' New York Times

`Beautifully written and carefully observed ... a Truman Capote-style detective story in which Van der Leun rummages for clues through the detritus of modern South Africa' Financial Times

`A total page-turner, a gripping Serial-like true-crime story' Vogue

`Deeply researched and thought-provoking . . . an engaging take on a murder that might have derailed democracy' Economist

'Unforgettable. A gripping narrative that examines the messiness of truth, the illusory nature of reconciliation, the all too often false promise of justice' Boston Globe

`Extraordinary. A dense and nuanced portrait of a country whose confounding, convoluted past is never quite history' Entertainment Weekly

`Moving . . . necessary . . . A story of frustrated expectations, broken dreams, endemic greed and corruption, but also indomitable human spirit' Minneapolis Star Tribune

`A murder story told with the dramatic tension of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and the precision of the very best non-fiction reporting. Each page bursts with fresh insights' Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy

`Fascinating. Shatters convenient narratives about the end of apartheid and the nature of justice, and takes readers on a headlong chase for deeper truths' Jill Leovy, author of Ghettoside

`A book I kept returning to. Van der Leun has a compassionate but admirably clear eye' Michela Wrong, Spectator Books of the Year

À propos de Justine van der Leun

Justine van der leun has written about South Africa for Harper's and the Guardian. She lived in Cape Town from 2011 to 2013 and now lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Informations supplémentaires

GOR009618324
9780008191092
0008191093
We Are Not Such Things: Murder. Justice. The Search for Truth. Justine van der Leun
Occasion - Très bon état
Broché
HarperCollins Publishers
2017-06-29
544
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