Author and media personality, Sam Cowen’s book, ‘ Brutal School Ties: The Parktown Boys’ Tragedy’( Melinda Ferguson Books) tells a deeper tale than that of water polo coach, Collan Rex’s 23 year prison sentence for sexual assault and assault.
“In the boy victims’ own words she has exposed, ‘ the casual evil lurking in a community founded on fear and depravity,’ for she lays bare the code of silence and shame in the 100 year old school. Rex said in court that he did what had been done to him when he was a Parktown School boy.
“This book needs to be read by all SA teachers, schoolchildren, parents and yes, headmasters.
“I also chatted about Exclusive Book’s Homebru campaign which celebrates SA authors’ writing: and also about the Prince Harry and Meghan book, ‘ Finding Freedom’( HarperCollins) due out in August.
“ Hilary Prendini Toffoli’s sophisticated and witty, “Loves and Miracles of Pistola’ (Penguin) is now available in print.
“I’m an avid fan of Irish author, Sebastian Barry. His new book, ‘ A Thousand Moons,’( Faber&Faber) about a young Lakota(American Indian) girl adopted by two American Civil War veterans, Thomas McNulty and John Cole, will make you weep… and laugh. Perfectly timed in the wake of the George Floyd killing.”