The Unlikely Secret Agent (Paperback)

It is 1963. South Africa is in crisis and the white state is under siege. On 19 August the dreaded Security Police swoop on Griggs bookstore in downtown Durban and arrest Eleanor, the daughter of the manageress. They threaten to 'break her or hang her' if she does not lead them to her lover, 'Red' Ronnie Kasrils, who is wanted on suspicion of involvement in recent acts of sabotage, including the toppling of electricity pylons and explosions at a Security Police office in Durban.

Though she comes under intense pressure during interrogation, Eleanor has her own secret to conceal. She has been acting as a clandestine agent for the underground ANC and must protect her handlers and Ronnie at all costs.

This remarkable story of a young woman's courage and daring at a time of increasing repression in apartheid South Africa is told here for the first time with great verve by Eleanor's husband, Ronnie Kasrils, who eventually became South Africa's Minister of Intelligence Services in 2004.

General

Imprint:	Jacana Media
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	November 2010
Authors:	Ronnie Kasrils
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	183
ISBN-13:	978-1-77009-890-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Books > Local Author Showcase > Politics
LSN:	1-77009-890-9
Barcode:	9781770098909

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