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The Hounding of David Oluwale Kester Aspden

The Hounding of David Oluwale par Kester Aspden

The Hounding of David Oluwale Kester Aspden

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Résumé

Is a black life worth less than a white one? When, in May 1969, the body of David Oluwale was fished out of the River Aire near Leeds, not too many questions were asked about the circumstances of his death. This book revisits one of the most chilling crimes in British history, and raises questions as relevant today as they were in the sixties.

The Hounding of David Oluwale Résumé

The Hounding of David Oluwale Kester Aspden

'David Oluwale's story has a raw power...and Kester Aspden makes it relevant for the reader of today' Mishal Husain

An award-winning microhistory that examines the death of David Oluwale and institutionalised police racism in Britain.

When, in May 1969, the body of David Oluwale was found in the River Aire near Leeds, few questions were asked about the circumstances of his death. Oluwale was homeless and had spent time in a psychiatric hospital, an immigrant from Nigeria who was trapped in a system that had failed him miserably.

Eighteen months later a lengthy campaign of harassment by two Leeds policemen was uncovered - Oluwale became national news in Britain, and a symbol for its black community. This extraordinary book draws on original archival material only recently released to revisit one of the most chilling crimes in British history, and at the same time raises questions as relevant today as they were at the end of the sixties.

Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2008

'Aspden's painstaking research, empathetic approach and ability to weave together a vivid wider social critique show Oluwale was done a terrible disservice' Metro

The Hounding of David Oluwale Avis

David Oluwale's story has a raw power, even five decades on, and Kester Aspden makes it compelling and relevant for the reader of today
Kester Aspden's brave book finally puts the life and death of David Oluwale where it always should have been: centre-stage in the criminal, political and social history of postwar England -- David Peace
This is a shocking and engrossing story... A true story with all the material of a novel, the book is a kind of In Cold Blood set in Leeds -- Jonathan Sale * Financial Times *
Aspden's painstaking research, empathetic approach and ability to weave together a vivid wider social critique show Oluwale was done a terrible disservice... This tenderly compiled book will still make you weep * Metro *
Aspden writes compassionately of his character, weaving information into a gripping narrative and attempting, with a novelist's skill, to give a heartbeat to the dry statistics on his life * Independent *

À propos de Kester Aspden

Kester Aspden was born in Toronto in 1968, and raised in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, and York. He has a doctorate in history from Cambridge University, and taught history of crime at Leeds University whilst researching this book. He now lives in Istanbul.

Informations supplémentaires

GOR001577831
9780099506171
0099506173
The Hounding of David Oluwale Kester Aspden
Kester Aspden
Occasion - Très bon état
Broché
Vintage Publishing
20080501
272
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