117 Days: An Account of Confinement and Interrogation Under the South African 90-Day Detention Law
Author(s): Ruth First
'In prison you see only the moves of the enemy. Prison is the hardest place to fight a battle.' 117 Days is Ruth First's personal account of her detention under the iniquitous '90-day' law of 1963. There was no warrant, no charge and no trial - only suspicion. This sparsely written and unique record tells of her experiences of solitary confinement, constant interrogation and instantaneous re-arrest on release - lightened by humorous portraits of governors, matrons, wardresses and interrogators, seen as the tools of the police state.
General Information
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- : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- : Little, Brown Book Group
- : 0.16
- : 01 December 2010
- : 198mm X 126mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 February 2011
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Ruth First
- : 1
- : 192