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The Caterpillar Cop

Published
Jan 1972
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Law Enforcement Law Enforcement
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224

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When a twelve-year-old boy is found strangled to death with multiple stab wounds, his killer is assumed to be a pedophile. Lieutenant Tromp Kramer and his sidekick, Bantu Detective Sergeant Mickey Zondi begin to investigate and soon learn that the boy had been involved in a detective club that encouraged children to spy and snitch on people, and no one likes a snitch. Whom was Boetie spying on? As the two men look into possible leads on the case, they must also navigate increasing tensions surrounding racism in the '70s in South Africa, and Kramer finds himself on the receiving end of much of the hatred himself.

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Jul 1982 Pantheon (UK) ISBN 0394710584
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First Edition Harper & Row ISBN 0060128976
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Jan 1972 Gollancz (UK) ISBN 0575015128
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Aug 2010 Soho Press ISBN 1569478953
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Aug 2010 Soho Crime ISBN B004HYHA5S
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