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Flight of the Diamond Smugglers
- A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession and Greed along Coastal South Africa
Engelsk Paperback
Flight of the Diamond Smugglers
- A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession and Greed along Coastal South Africa
Engelsk Paperback

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''Ghost towns, corporate cruelty, the centuries-old relationship between humans and a species almost magical in its abilities ... fabulous.'' The New York Times''Eye-opening'' Geographical ''A beautifully written book on diamond smuggling, the universe, life and much of what lies in between.'' Toby Muse, author of Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine CartelsFor nearly 80 years, a huge portion of coastal South Africa was closed off to the public. With many of its pits now deemed "overmined" and abandoned, journalist and author Matthew Gavin Frank set out across the infamous Diamond Coast to investigate an illicit trade - the smuggling of diamonds by carrier pigeon - that supplies a global market.Uncovering a long overlooked truecrime story dating back to the founding of the De Beers corporation, and blending elements of reportage, memoir and legend, he weaves interviews with local diamond divers, who extract mineral wealth from the seabed by day and raise pigeons in secret by night, with harrowing anecdotes from former heads of security, environmental managers, and vigilante pigeon hunters.A rare and remarkable portrait of exploitation and greed, Flight of the Diamond Smugglers reveals how these feathered bandits became outlaws in every mining town.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
224
ISBN-13:
9781785788888
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1785788884
Udg. Dato:
4 aug 2022
Længde:
19mm
Bredde:
196mm
Højde:
131mm
Forlag:
Icon Books
Oplagsdato:
4 aug 2022
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