Uncovers the tangled stories of censorship and literature in apartheid South Africa, drawing on a wealth of new evidence from censorship archives, archives of resistance publishers and writers' groups, and oral testimony. A unique perspective on one of the most repressive, anachronistic, and racist states in the post-war era. I recommend this complex book and the associated website - www.theliteraturepolice.com - not just to students of South African literatue and history, but to readers of all kinds