Behind the door : the Oscar Pistorious and Reeva Steenkamp story / Mandy Wiener and Barry Bateman.
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TextPublisher: London : Macmillan, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 568 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, portraits, facsimilies ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781447267867 (paperback); 9781447262589 (hardback); 1447262581 (hbk.)Other title: Oscar Pistorious and Reeva Steenkamp storySubject(s): Steenkamp, Reeva, 1983-2013 -- Death and burial | Pistorius, Oscar, 1986- -- Trials, litigation, etc | Pistorius, Oscar, 1986- | Trials (Murder) -- South Africa -- Pretoria -- Cases | Runners (Sports) -- South Africa | Athletes with disabilities -- South Africa | Murder -- Investigation -- South Africa -- Pretoria | Trials (Murder) -- South Africa -- PretoriaDDC classification: 364.1523092 Summary: Oscar Pistorius was the golden boy of South African sport, and an inspiration to millions around the world - until the tragic shooting that left his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead, and Pistorius on trial for murder. Behind The Door will be written by South African journalists Mandy Wiener and Barry Bateman. Published once the trial is concluded, it will explore the characters involved, relate the courtroom interactions and unpack the forensic and circumstantial evidence. But more than that, this book seeks to go beyond the facts of the case in search of the wider context behind this shocking tragedy: the back-story of the police investigation, the nature of the South African criminal justice system, the culture of violence in South Africa and the need of society to create flawed heroes who are destined to fail.
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Oscar Pistorius was the golden boy of South African sport, and an inspiration to millions around the world - until the tragic shooting that left his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead, and Pistorius on trial for murder. Behind The Door will be written by South African journalists Mandy Wiener and Barry Bateman. Published once the trial is concluded, it will explore the characters involved, relate the courtroom interactions and unpack the forensic and circumstantial evidence. But more than that, this book seeks to go beyond the facts of the case in search of the wider context behind this shocking tragedy: the back-story of the police investigation, the nature of the South African criminal justice system, the culture of violence in South Africa and the need of society to create flawed heroes who are destined to fail.
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