{"product_id":"the-street-exposing-a-world-of-cops-bribes-and-drug-dealers-by-paul-mcnally","title":"The Street: Exposing a World of Cops, Bribes and Drug Dealers by Paul McNally","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"pb-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"synopsis-content\" class=\"synopsis-font-override richtext--generic columns-1 md:columns-2 gap-12 text-xl font-normal font-serif leading-[30px] transition-all duration-500 ease-in-out md:[mask-image:none] md:max-h-none max-h-[21em] overflow-hidden [mask-image:linear-gradient(180deg,black_15em,transparent_19.5em)]\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e9781770104563\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Picador Africa, 01 September 2016\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback, 323 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are no villains here. Award-winning journalist Paul McNally finds corrupt cops, drug dealers, vigilante residents, addicts, torturers, murderers and cops partnered with drug dealers. But no villains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaymond is a shop owner on Ontdekkers Road, in Johannesburg, who takes a baseball bat to the dealers when they break his rules. He systematically records in his notebook the police officers who come – all day, every day – to collect their bribe money from the dealers, and is looking for someone to trust.\u003cbr\u003eKhaba is a middle-aged police officer who wants a quiet life but whose demons will not leave him in peace. He is trying to regain his trust in what he once regarded as an honourable profession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWendy is a petite, ageing police reservist who can handle an R5 rifle with confidence, but not the sadness that accompanies her in her daily life – the loss of her police officer husband, brutally murdered by a drug lord, and the addiction that has her adult son in its grip. She is looking for respect and affirmation and for her own life to have meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough different paths, the lives of Raymond, Khaba and Wendy intersect on the street as their attention is focused on the current power couple – a drug dealer named Obi and Lerato, a police officer. Seemingly untouchable, Obi and Lerato terrorise Ontdekkers, and in the process upset the balance of this already lawless world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"IH Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47603155304610,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/jpg_rgb_original_d6b024a0-3d1c-402a-b6c6-90461159dab2.jpg?v=1788167454","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/the-street-exposing-a-world-of-cops-bribes-and-drug-dealers-by-paul-mcnally","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}