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The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist

by Breyten Breytenbach · 1983

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A memoir of Breytenbach's seven years in South Africa's prisons - two of them in solitary confinement - this book captures the full horror of life in one of the worst penal systems in the world.

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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisAfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of thisSouth AfricaSouth AfricaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 400 pages

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