Upington

About this book

"In May 1991, journalists, news crews, and human rights activists from around the world gathered in front of Pretoria's notorious Central Prison to watch the release of 14 black South Africans from Death Row. Upington is their story. It is also the story of their fellow accused and the young white woman who became their lawyer. It tells of a country undergoing vast change and the painful process of reconciliation with a savage past. It unravels a trial of personal and political complexity that ends in the assassination of one of the defence lawyers and the eventual exile of another to Australia, a country coming to terms with its own history. Upington triggers the excavation of a private life and reveals the inextricable link between personal and political transformation, the challenge of choice and the ultimate resolution that comes with 'doing time.'"--Back cover.