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The Elephant Conspiracy
by Peter Hain
Muswell Press £14.99
MORNING STAR readers may be familiar with Peter Hain’s previous novel The Rhino Conspiracy. This sequel is equally if not more thrilling.
The author shares his love and expertise on the fight against apartheid both as a native South African, exiled as a child with his parents, and as chair of the Stop the Seventies Tour Committee. He continues to support the fight to overcome the apartheid legacy as honorary vice-president of Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA).
As secretary of state for Northern Ireland in the Blair government he also had an intimate understanding of The Troubles and fills this novel with realistic but exciting events firmly based in the current South African struggle against corruption and state capture.
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