{"product_id":"9781415203835","title":"Bandiet Out Of Jail, by Hugh Lewin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1964, the security police in Johannesburg detained Hugh Lewin. He was later tried and convicted on charges of sabotage. He spent seven years in prison, secretly recording his experiences, and those of his fellow inmates, on the pages of his Bible. On release, rather than submit to 24-hour arrest, he left South Africa on a one-way visa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the finest ever examples of prison writing from South Africa,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBandiet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas originally released during Hugh Lewin’s exile, and published by Random House in 1978. Selected poems and journalism interspersed with line-drawings by another of Pretoria’s inmates, Jock Strachan, appear alongside a freshly typeset version of the complete text of the original book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlan Paton called\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBandiet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“splendid” and commented on its lack of rancour and exaggeration. He spoke of its truthfulness and its quality, and called it a document of great historical value.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Umuzi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32178000298032,"sku":"9781415203835","price":150.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1160\/4950\/products\/preview.pyjc-2397-g860.1.front.1415203830.jpg?v=1591879435","url":"https:\/\/bridgebooks.co.za\/products\/9781415203835","provider":"Bridge Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}