Spy: Uncovering Craig Williamson

By Jonathan Ancer

Craig Williamson was in the bath in his home in Switzerland in 1980 when he heard a radio news bulletin that a South African spy had defected to Britain. Williamson had been the vice-president of South Africa's student liberation movement and had gone into exile where he'd become the deputy director of a powerful anti-apartheid funding organisation and an ANC operative. He wasn't concerned when he heard the report about the spy. However, the defection set in motion a series of events that exposed Williamson as an apartheid secret agent who had been leading a life of deception for almost a decade. Through interviews with people he interacted with while he was undercover and after his true identity was eventually revealed, Spy details the life and double life of Craig Williamson - South Africa's 'super-spy turned parcel-bomb assassin. The book also documents the stories of a generation of courageous activists he betrayed, jailed and killed. Spy seeks to understand how Williamson succeeded in forming friendships with his 'comrades', manipulating his way into the heart of the liberation movement. The book explores themes of betrayal, justice, accountability and forgiveness - and culminates when the author comes face-to-face with South Africa's most infamous spy. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1431421499
• ISBN13: 9781431421497
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Jacana Media
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"