An outrageous miscellany of serious and light-hearted lies, myths, untruths, fibs and fabrications that tells the tall tale of South Africa.

The fibs come thick and fast, like a burst sewerage pipe:

• Why everything we’ve learnt about Shaka Zulu, ‘Africa’s Napoleon’, is a pack of lies. • Back in the darkest of ages (the 1970s!), citizens were told that there were satanic messages if you played some of The Beatles songs backwards. • National icon Hansie Cronje was a paragon of virtue, and integrity … until he wasn’t. • President Nelson Mandela told us that we, as a nation, were ‘special’. Turns out we aren’t.

Whether a fabulous fib, an artful con, a doctor’s spin, or simply a bald-faced lie, there’s something for everyone.

© 2024 Jonathan Ball Publishers (دفتر الصوت ): 9781776194124
© 2024 Jonathan Ball (كتاب ): 9781776193127

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دفتر الصوت : 2 أبريل 2024
كتاب : 4 مارس 2024