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The book is a scintillating achievement.\' - Jean Comaroff, Harvard University Johannesburg was - and is - the Frontier of Money. \'This enthralling saga of crime, passion, and betrayal, is a compelling portrait of one of empire\'s great, unsung anti-heroes