Co-author of Lost Boys’ last words: ‘Don’t give up now’
According to the publisher of The Lost Boys of Bird Island, about an apartheid-era paedophile ring, Mark Minnie urged Chris Steyn to carry on with their work
"Chrissy‚ don’t give up now." That is what Mark Minnie wrote to Chris Steyn in his last letter to the co-author of The Lost Boys of Bird Island before his death. He called the letter his "last piece of writing". "The pitiful cries of the lost boys of Bird Island have haunted me for the past 31 years. At last their story is out. Chrissy‚ don’t give up now. You are almost home. No government officials preventing you from investigating this time round." Steyn replied: "Mark‚ I will keep going. You knew that. I just wish you could have been here to go through all the new leads with me. If only you were still alive to see all the information and incredible confirmation that has come in since the book was published. You would have felt some vindication at last. "But I have good news‚ Mark. There is already enough to start building a new docket. Once we are ready‚ we will hand it over for further action. That was all you ever wanted. A proper investigation. But you don’t have to worry abou...
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