We Are Not Such Things

`Gripping, explosive . . . crafts a close sense of place that rivals the work of Katherine Boo' New York Times

`Beautifully written and carefully observed ... a Truman Capote-style detective story in which Van der Leun rummages for clues through the detritus of modern South Africa' Financial Times

`A total page-turner, a gripping Serial-like true-crime story' Vogue

`Deeply researched and thought-provoking . . . an engaging take on a murder that might have derailed democracy' Economist

'Unforgettable. A gripping narrative that examines the messiness of truth, the illusory nature of reconciliation, the all too often false promise of justice' Boston Globe

`Extraordinary. A dense and nuanced portrait of a country whose confounding, convoluted past is never quite history' Entertainment Weekly

`Moving . . . necessary . . . A story of frustrated expectations, broken dreams, endemic greed and corruption, but also indomitable human spirit' Minneapolis Star Tribune

`A murder story told with the dramatic tension of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and the precision of the very best non-fiction reporting. Each page bursts with fresh insights' Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy

`Fascinating. Shatters convenient narratives about the end of apartheid and the nature of justice, and takes readers on a headlong chase for deeper truths' Jill Leovy, author of Ghettoside

`A book I kept returning to. Van der Leun has a compassionate but admirably clear eye' Michela Wrong, Spectator Books of the Year