We Are Not Such Things - Murder. Justice. The Search for Truth.

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.

Report

'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

Product details

• Authors: Justine van der Leun, Justine van der Leun
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.06.2017
• EAN: 9780008191092
• ISBN: 978-0-00-819109-2
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Ethnic Studies, True Crime, TRUE CRIME / General, Republic of South Africa, Social discrimination & inequality, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies