Chase Your Shadow
The Trials of Oscar Pistorius
The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius will rivet the world's attention in a way no other case has since another famous sportsman, OJ Simpson, was tried for the murder of his ex wife in 1994. John Carlin brings his own extensive knowledge of South Africa and unique access to Pistorius himself, as well as to his friends and family, to tell the story of the rise and fall of a classically tragic hero.It is the most remarkable sports story ever told - about a man whose legs were amputated at the age of eleven months and ended up running in the Olympic Games - and it is a story too about crime and punishment, love and death that follows Pistorius' tr…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78239-327-6
- EAN: 9781782393276
- Produktnummer: 15868998
- Verlag: Atlantic Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 400 S.
- Masse: H23.3 cm x B15.4 cm x D3.1 cm 602 g
- Auflage: Export/Airside
- Gewicht: 602
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
John Carlin grew up in Argentina and in the UK and spent 1989-95 in South Africa as the Independent's correspondent there. He has also lived in Spain, Nicaragua, Mexico and Washington, writing for The Times, the Observer, the Sunday Times, the New York Times, among other papers, and working for the BBC. His previous books include, Playing the Enemy (2008), the basis of the film Invictus, directed by Clint Eastwood, which earned Oscar nominations for both Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman, and Knowing Mandela (2013).
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