Abstract
Jacana Media in partnership with the UJ Library
invites you to a discussion with
Alan Cowell
the author of
PERMANENT REMOVAL
ABOUT THE BOOK: Permanent Removal is a beautifully written political thriller focusing on
the nature of justice, truth, betrayal, socio-political and ethical quandaries, complicity and moral
agency. The novel introduces readers to a cast of players whose destinies intertwine in a particularly
gruesome murder. The novel is set in apartheid South Africa and fictionalises the events leading up
to the assassination of the Cradock Four.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Alan S Cowell is an award-winning New York Times journalist. He was
assigned to Johannesburg in the mid-1980s and was awarded the prestigious George Polk Award
for courageous reporting. The government of the day ordered him to leave in early 1987 and he was
not allowed to return until the early 1990s. Since then he has been a regular visitor, most recently
covering the Oscar Pistorius trial and anchoring coverage of the death of President Mandela. DATE 13 April 2016 / 16:30 for 17:00
VENUE APK Library Auditorium (6th Floor), University of Johannesburg
(corner Kingsway and University Road, Auckland Park, Johannesburg)
RSVP By Tuesday 12 April 2016 to Theodorah Modise at licevents@uj.ac.za or 011 559 2264