Beschreibung:
James Kilgore first made news in South Africa when he was arrested in Cape Town in 2002. He had been living under the alias Dr John Pape and become a respected academic at the University of Cape Town. U.S. authorities extradited him to California where he served six and a half years in prison. He was released 10 May 2009. Kilgore grew up in California and lived in the volatile San Francisco Bay Area during the late 60s and early 70s. He became immersed in left-wing politics, eventually linking up with the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). His involvement with the SLA led to an indictment in 1975. Kilgore then fled the law for 27 years, living in Zimbabwe, Australia and South Africa.
In 1981 a young American historian arrives in Zimbabwe filled with idealism and enthusiasm for the benevolent Prime Minister Robert Mugabe and the postcolonial new beginning for that country. His historic research leads him to an apparent murder case, unresolved since the days of the bush war.