FEASTING WITH PANTHERS An autobiographical account of real events that took place in South Africa in the early 1960s and ended in a murder

Softcover. The author presents a true and gripping account of growing up in South Africa and finding himself involved in a murder on his 17th birthday. The book takes in a wide range of extraordinary characters set aginst what the author describes as the "unique human and physical geography" of Cape Town, where "a great diversity of ethnic and cultural traditions collide in freewheeling agitation, like disparate atoms in a cosmic meltdown." The narrative moves between moments of profound sadness, high drama and hilarity with a compelling honesty, and many acute observations about human nature thrown in. With Epilogue. 270pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.