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You will find no statistics, or broader analysis of the state of the nation here, and no reportage describing my own experiences and conclusions. Rather, I wanted to write a piece of narrative non-fiction, constructed entirely from the raw material I’ve gathered, enabling all those involved in a painful, tortuous tale to tell it from their own perspectives.\" Andrew Harding, from his website\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Every so often a book comes very close to defining a nation. In this extraordinary, fast-paced and exquisitely written true story South Africa’s brutal and divided past, its complex present and contested future collide in an explosive narrative of murder, race, class and human cruelty. This is \u003cem\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eMidnight In The Garden of Good and Evil.\u003c\/em\u003e Believe me, Andrew Harding has given us an instant classic. If you want to understand the true, chilling heart of South Africa today then go out and buy this utterly gripping book. You will thank me later. Not since former New York Times editor Joe Lelyveld’s 1980s classic \u003cem\u003eMove Your Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e has a foreign correspondent written such a searing account of South Africa and its tragedies and hopes. It should be read not just by South Africans but far and wide by those who wish to understand truth and reconciliation, fear and redemption. 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