A Mouthful Of Glass (Paperback, New edition)

A short, tough story of an assassin - the man who killed Hendrick Verwoed, the racist prime minister of South Africa, in 1966. Born in Mozambique of a Greek father and African mother, Demitrios Tsafendas was a man lost between the races, maddened by not knowing who or what he was. He thought he was white until his father abandoned him. He then discovered he was 'coloured'. He spent twenty-five years wandering the world looking for a home, growing stranger and more desperate. In 1965 he arrived in South Africa and got a job as a messenger in the parliament building - a job reserved for whites. Then he bought a knife.

General

Imprint:	Granta Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2001
Authors:	Henk Van Woerden
Translators:	Dan Jacobson
Dimensions:	196 x 129 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format / B-format
Pages:	168
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-86207-442-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > Political assassinations Books > History > African history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-86207-442-9
Barcode:	9781862074422

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