Assassin A Story of Race and Rage in the Land of Apartheid

A Story of Race and Rage in the Land of Apartheid AUTHOR: Van Woerden, Henk DESCRIPTION: On September 6, 1966, Dimitri Tsafendas entered South Africa's parliament, gripping a wickedly long knife, and stabbed Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd four times in the chest. This chilling account of the life of Tsafendas-the homeless, stateless, and loveless illegitimate son of a Greek father and a black African mother--gives us a crystalline vision of the tragic consequences of apartheid.AUTHORBIO: Andrew Van Woerden was born in the Netherlands, lived in South Africa as a child, and now lives in Amsterdam.Van Woerden's first book to be published in English, The Assassin has been nominated for two major Dutch awards and translated into five languages.van Woerden, Henk is the author of 'Assassin A Story of Race and Rage in the Land of Apartheid' with ISBN 9780312420840 and ISBN 0312420846.