Bibliograph

Burned, The Spy South Africa Forgot, Sue Dobson

Type

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Burned, The Spy South Africa Forgot, Sue Dobson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Burned

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Sue Dobson

Sub title

The Spy South Africa Forgot

Summary

From the snowy Soviet shooting range to the heat and dust of Africa, nothing is what it seems. And neither is Sue Dobson. The image of South Africa in the 1980's as the golden paradise on the tip of the African continent conceals a brutal, racist Apartheid regime. Those who oppose it risk their lives. Beauty and brutality go hand in hand. Sue Dobson, a young white South African woman lives a 'legend'-a life where she pretends to conform, moving easily through the echelons of the racist government in her work as a journalist, whilst concealing her espionage and military training in the Soviet Union, and her intelligence work for the banned African National Congress. Matters come to a head when sinister forces try to derail the Namibian independence process and Sue's cover is blown during a difficult honey trap operation, bringing the Cold War to Africa, and leading to her desperate flight across Southern Africa with the Apartheid security police snapping at her heels

Target audience

adult

Classification