BOOK REVIEW: A look inside the minds of apartheid spies
Jonathan Ancer’s book seeks to provide answers to the persona behind each spy he interviewed but he may have been disappointed by lack of substance in most of them
17 October 2019 - 05:06
Jonathan Ancer’s book Betrayal: The Secret Lives of Apartheid Spies is a series of short thrillers, but these “short stories” are unified by an attempt to understand the notion of betrayal, thus its title.
The spy is that secret agent who must conceal his very self, present a false persona to the world, and manage a life that amounts to functional schizophrenia. The spy must lie — to loved ones, family, friends, to all and sundry...
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