The Unlikely Secret Agent
Nonfiction, History, Africa, South Africa, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Civil Rights
| Author: | Ronnie Kasrils | ISBN: | 9781583672792 |
| Publisher: | Monthly Review Press | Publication: | June 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Monthly Review Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ronnie Kasrils |
| ISBN: | 9781583672792 |
| Publisher: | Monthly Review Press |
| Publication: | June 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Monthly Review Press |
| Language: | English |
Winner of South Africa’s top literary prize, the Alan Paton Award, The Unlikely Secret Agent tells the thrilling true story of one woman’s struggle against the apartheid system. It is 1963. South Africa is in crisis and the white state is under siege. One August 19th, the dreaded Security Police descended on Griggs bookstore in downtown Durban and arrest Eleanor, the white daughter of the manager. They threaten to “break her or hang her” if she does not lead them to her lover, “Red” Ronnie Kasrils, who is wanted on suspicion of involvement in recent acts of sabotage, including the toppling of electricity pylons and explosions at a Security Police office in Durban.
Winner of South Africa’s top literary prize, the Alan Paton Award, The Unlikely Secret Agent tells the thrilling true story of one woman’s struggle against the apartheid system. It is 1963. South Africa is in crisis and the white state is under siege. One August 19th, the dreaded Security Police descended on Griggs bookstore in downtown Durban and arrest Eleanor, the white daughter of the manager. They threaten to “break her or hang her” if she does not lead them to her lover, “Red” Ronnie Kasrils, who is wanted on suspicion of involvement in recent acts of sabotage, including the toppling of electricity pylons and explosions at a Security Police office in Durban.
