Author: Beresford, David.
Title: Truth Is a Strange Fruit. A Personal Journey Through the Apartheid War.
Description: Jacana 2010. 1st edition. Large format paperback. 0.5kg. No inscriptions. A Fine copy. ISBN: 9781770099029 A South African, Author moved to the UK in 1974 and joined The Guardian, thereafter covering many major conflicts. He was posted to South Africa in 1984. He paints a picture of the apartheid years, borrowing from The Truth & Reconciliation Commission and his own work. He aims to give the 'truth' of the apartheid years. Woven through the book are the love letters and story of John Harris, the 'station bomber' executed in Pretoria in 1965, to Anne Swersky.

Keywords: south southern africa african apartheid journalism


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