This is the story of a Yorkshire lad, who, aged three, was taken to
live in South Africa. A rapscallion, or worse, Peter Conway came to
the attention of the Johannesburg police and then, the South
African Defence Force. As Peter’s scrapes escalated, he was
shrewdly manipulated into serving, first the Apartheid South
African Government and then, following Nelson Mandela’s
assumption of the Presidency, the new masters of this achingly
beautiful land. Intelligence officer, infantryman in the Bush War
in Angola, Hells Angel, brothel keeper, drug smuggler and
mercenary, Peter was all these and more. In 2004, together with
Simon Mann, Mark Thatcher and others, Peter participated in the
Wonga Coup, the failed attempt to overthrow the Government of
Equatorial Guinea. Finally, the venality and cynicism of modern
South African governance became too much and in 2012, aged
forty-six, Peter abandoned the land of his dreams to live in
England and write this memoir. Thy Will be Done discloses a
frighteningly violent dysfunctionality, bordering upon anarchy,
both in present-day South Africa and elsewhere in that continent.
It is no read for the faint-hearted, but for those interested in
one of the fastest growing and yet most dangerous parts of our
world, it’s a must.
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Peter Conway aka Walter Mitty
Sat, 26 May 2018 | Review
by: Kaptein C.
Thy Will Be Done is a very badly written flight of fantasy disguised as an autobiography by the Walter Mitty-esque author Peter Conway. It becomes quite clear early in the book that the former brothel keeper and drug smuggling thug has very little knowledge of the ways and workings of the South African security forces. Persons and heads of organisations mentioned in the book i.e. Simon Man and Eeben Barlow denies even ever hearing the name Peter Conway, much less working with/employing him. Paper and ink was wasted on this.
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