Good-looking Corpse
Good-looking Corpse
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Recounts the 1950s in South Africa as seen through the microcosm of "Drum", a magazine produced in Johannesburg for black readers. The black writers on "Drum" were responsible for a range of investigative journalism, the best of which is reproduced here, alongside tributes from friends.
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Good-looking Corpse by Mike Nicol
This book recounts the 1950s in South Africa - a decade of optimism and hope that ended, tragically, with the massacre at Sharpeville - as seen through the microcosm of "Drum", a magazine produced in Johannesburg for black readers. The "Drum" writers - Henry Nxumalo, Can Themba, Bloke Modisane, Todd Matshikiza, Casey Motisi - lived by the precept "live fast, die young and have a good-looking corpse". These black writers on "Drum" - who were later joined by Lewis Nkosi and Nat Nakasa - were responsible for a range of investigative journalism, the best of which is reproduced here, alongside tributes from friends and colleagues including Anthony Sampson, Nadine Gordimer, Trevor Huddleston and Walter Sisulu.| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780436309861 |
| ISBN 10 | 0436309866 |
| Titre | Good-looking Corpse |
| Auteur | Mike Nicol |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Hardback |
| Éditeur | Vintage Publishing |
| Année de publication | 1991-03-11 |
| Nombre de pages | 402 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |