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Oscar Pistorius was eleven weeks old when he had both hip and legs amputated below the leg, credited to congenital fibular disease. Despite this severe disability, Pistorious was raised to be an extraordinary athlete, inspirational role model, and global symbol of resilience. In 2012 he became the first amputee runner ever sold to remain competitive in the Olympics and was hailed as a hero not only in his local South Africa but around the world. Everything improved for Pistorius in the first early morning of Feb 14, 2013, ROMANTIC DAYS CELEBRATION, when he shot and wiped out his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, by having a closed down bathroom door, allegedly because he mistook her for an intruder intent on doing him harm. He was arrested and charged with premeditated murder, and instantaneously, the public's view of Pistorius fired up its head. Not because the O. J. Simpson case has a courtroom theatre riveted global attention on one man's fate. Acclaimed journalist John Carlin's vibrant firsthand bill of Pistorius' seven-month murder trial, broadcast worldwide from Johannesburg, details the wrenching psychological breakdowns and merciless interrogation of the accused on / off the stand, the fraught romance between the Pistorius and Steenkamp households, and the highly controversial verdict of culpable homicide, for which Pistorius received a five-year phrase. But Chase Your Shadow is a lot more than just a sensational crime tale, as Carlin shows through careful reporting and comprehensive usage of Pistorius and his relatives and buddies. This courtroom confrontation between a white, privileged, 27-year-old male athlete on trial for murder and the black woman judge who together would decide his fate held in a democratic country trying to exorcise its record of racial hatred and endemic violence against women - exposes the complicated social and political realities of post-Apartheid South Africa.
