Anemari Jansen

Anemari Jansen met Eugene de Kock in Pretoria Central Prison in 2011 and was immediately intrigued - how could the prisoner "with the soft voice" be reconciled with the man dubbed "Prime Evil"? She tracked down De Kock's family, friends, and former Koevoet and Vlakplaas colleagues in her search for answers. This book also quotes from De Kock's diaries and an unpublished manuscript. De Kock is scathingly honest: about the atrocities he committed, about the superiors from whom he received his orders - and about his shame.

Eugene de Kock het die bloed van tientalle mense aan sy hande. Vir die meeste Suid-Afrikaners is hy die "monster" van Vlakplaas. Tog was Anemari Jansen gefassineer toe sy hom vir die eerste keer ontmoet. Hoe versoen sy die man "met die sagte stem" met die mens wat Prime Evil gedoop is? Die boek skets 'n prentjie van 'n intelligente, komplekse mens. Dit belig nie net De Kock se keuses nie, maar ook die onlangse Suid-Afrikaanse verlede op 'n openbarende, soms skokkende manier.