About the Author

Andrea Durbach, a native South African, is currently living in Sydney, Australia, where she is Director of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre.

Reviews

"This is a passionate and profound account of struggling for justice in the dangerous dying days of apartheid..Andrea Durbach is one of a small band of truly brave lawyers who saved black lives at the peril of messing up their own, A moving and insightful human rights story." - Geoffrey Robertson, QC; "A spry and poignant evocation of our legal system at its worst-and at its best." - Judge Albie Sachs, Constitutional Court of South Africa"