{"product_id":"surviving-the-beast-the-ugly-truths-about-state-capture-and-why-they-tried-to-kill-me-9780620947572","title":"Surviving the Beast: The Ugly Truths About State Capture and Why They Tried to Kill Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Angelo Agrizzi | Melinda Ferguson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Truth Be Told Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Truth Be Told Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: White Collar Crime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the morning of the 14\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of October 2002, one of South Africa's foremost whistleblowers, Angelo Agrizzi, leaves home at six o'clock to attend a routine bail court hearing at the Palm Ridge Magistrates' Court. After being instructed to first report to Brackendowns Police Station, he finds himself locked up in a Casspir-like vehicle under Special Forces guard, and accompanied to court by a massive convoy of blue-light brigades. He is told that this is for his own \"protection\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a sinister turn of events, the court denies him bail on the unfounded basis that he poses a flight risk, Angelo is ferried off to notorious \"Sun City\", the Johannesburg Central Prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I couldn't fathom why they would say that the security for me was a primary concern, and that special arrangements had been made to handle my health, when I was not in a cell that looked like something out of \u003cem\u003eOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat night, alone in his filthy prison cell and now in the clutches of the very same people he had exposed at Zondo, an attempt is made on his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sequel to the chart-topping \u003cem\u003eInside the Belly of the Beast - The Real Bosasa Story\u003c\/em\u003e exposes the involvement of the highest echelons of power in dirty tricks, corruption, boardroom assassinations, lies, deceit and cover-ups; murders and the swapping of cadavers. It is also a compelling memoir of one man's victory over death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubstantiated by irrefutable proof, medical records and key witness statements, the book uncovers what really happens to those who expose the powerful and the corrupted. In bone-chilling detail, \u003cem\u003eSurviving the Beast\u003c\/em\u003e ultimately explores the failings of state capture and why so many big fish still swim free.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46417479073943,"sku":"9780620947572","price":1525.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780620947572.webp?v=1769067509","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/surviving-the-beast-the-ugly-truths-about-state-capture-and-why-they-tried-to-kill-me-9780620947572","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}