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Description
*THE GRIPPING NEW DRAMA AS SEEN ON NETFLIX*
South Africa, 1987. Apartheid. When Leon, a white 19-year-old prison guard working on death row commits an inexplicable act of violence, killing seven black men in a hail of bullets, the outcome of the trial - and the court's sentence - seems a foregone conclusion.
Hotshot lawyer John Weber (played by Steve Coogan) reluctantly takes on the seemingly unwinnable case. A passionate opponent of the death penalty, John discovers that young Leon worked on death row in the nation's most notorious prison, under traumatic conditions: befriending the inmates over the years while having to assist with their eventual execution.
As the court hearings progress, the case offers John the opportunity to put the entire system of legally sanctioned murder on trial. How can one man take such a dual role of friend and executioner, becoming both shepherd and butcher? Inspired by true events, this is the story that puts the death penalty on trial and changes history.
A gripping true crime story set in apartheid South Africa - now a major film starring Steve Coogan
About the Author
CHRIS MARNEWICK is a senior advocate practicing in Durban, South Africa. He wrote on litigation skills and has taught the subject in both New Zealand and South Africa. His first book was Shepherds & Butchers, first published in South Africa in 2008. The book was shortlisted for the M-Net Literary Award and the Commonwealth Writer's Prize (Africa region) and won the University of Johannesburg Prize.
Book Information
ISBN 9781784753436
Author Chris Marnewick
Format Paperback
Page Count 480
Imprint Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher Cornerstone
Weight(grams) 330g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 30mm
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