Publication
Random House Struik (2008), Edition: 1st Edition, 336 pages
Description
Both a riveting courtroom drama and a real-life thriller, A Just Defiance tells the story of four young black South Africans who were arrested for a string of political murders in 1987. In gripping prose, Peter Harris--the white lawyer who defended the men--describes how he came to understand, while constructing the case to save the defendants from the death penalty, the chain of events that led them to undergo training at ANC camps in Angola and return to their homeland to execute some of the apartheid regime's most notorious collaborators.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Stanslong
A hard but necessary book to read. Maybe somewhat one-sided, but certainly opens up the nefarious deeds of the apartheid regime
Awards
Alan Paton Award (Winner — 2009)
Nielsen BookData New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award (Winner — 2009)
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
1415200491 / 9781415200490