“The story of an almost unimaginable dialogue…an exploration of evil, innocence, and the gray spaces in between.” — New York Times
“A startingly personal account…written with clarity, energy, and enormous empathy.” — Washington Post
“[A] psychologist of striking moral intelligence and clarity…Gobodo-Madikizela has composed a beautiful moral document.” — Time
“There is no more unsettling mystery than what allows an apparently normal human being to take part in institutionalized mass murder. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela has every reason to loathe renowned death squad chief Eugene de Kock. But in this searching look at him, she gives evidence of an even greater human mystery: the capacity for understanding and compassion.” — Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold’s Ghost
“An exploration of the workings of forgiveness, a persuasive argument for the South African formula for reconciliation via the road of truth, and, not least, a testament to the author’s powers of sympathy.” — J.M. Coetze, Nobel laureate and author of Disgrace
