Good-looking Corpse by Mike Nicol

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Good-looking Corpse by Mike Nicol

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Summary

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.

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ISBN 13 9780436309861
ISBN 10 0436309866
Title Good-looking Corpse
Author Mike Nicol
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1991-03-11
Number of pages 402
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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