Book of the Week: Chasing Shadows: The Life and Death of Peter Roebuck
Tim Lane and Elliot Cartledge took on a task that befuddled the SA police authorities: investigating the circumstances that led to the death of Peter Roebuck, the former cricketer, esteemed writer and myth.Their effort is valiant but the task was enormous.So they turned to uncovering who Roebuck really was, a journey that took them to four continents and a house he once shared with 17 Zimbabwean boys in the KwaZulu Natal midlands.When Roebuck fell to his death from the window of a sixth-floor hotel room in Cape Town in November 2011, all manner of skeletons tumbled out of the closet. The police officially wrote it down as suicide. Others, including Lane and Cartledge, thought something else, something more sinister, was at play.DetailsTITLE: Chasing Shadows - The life and death of Peter RoebuckAUTHORS: Tim Lane and Elliot CartledgePUBLISHER: Hardie Grant BooksGrowing up, Roebuck was a gifted student, academically, and took a keen interest in political and religious debates.His inter...
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