About the Book
Meet Jerome Michael Nossel. Known as Nossel to many, and as Comrade Golfer to those who know his history. Gutsy, passionate, vulnerbale, smart – and in trouble. Nossel is adrift in the New Republic of self-enrichment and sordid power games, cut loose and betrayed by the very ones he helped bring to power. Then he stumbles upon a murder, and his obsessive mind and big heart won’t let him walk away from the desire to find the truth. About murder, about power, about Nossel.
About the Author
David Dison is best known as a specialist defamation and media lawyer. A founder of the Weekly Mail, he fought numerous anti-censorship cases. Throughout the eighties he represented hundreds of detainees and trialists, most prominently in the Delmas Treason Trial. He co-wrote the leading manual for journalists operating under the censorship imposed by the apartheid state. He was part of the team at Codesa that set up the new media legal system for broadcasting in post-apartheid SA.
He was the founder and deputy chairperson of African Media Entertainment, a media holding company listed on the JSE. He is the author of numerous papers and articles on media and civil rights law. Currently he holds the position of MD of Media and Broadcasting Consultants (Pty) Ltd. He is happily married and has two children. He has lived in Johannesburg all his life.
