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Absolutely Revolting
Society

Jock Palfreeman's Bulgarian tragedy

by Daniel Herborn •
June 2013, no. 352

Every Parent’s Nightmare: Jock Palfreeman and the True Story of His Father’s Fight to Save Him from a Lifetime in a Bulgarian Jail by Belinda Hawkins

Allen & Unwin, $29.99 pb, 354 pp

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Like the best examples of true crime books, Every Parent’s Nightmare goes far beyond the tragedy at its centre and places it in its socio-economic context. Belinda Hawkins details how a death in Bulgaria back in 2007 became a highly politicised incident, and offers a convincing explanation as to why the trial was so sloppy and one-sided.

 


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Every Parent’s Nightmare: Jock Palfreeman and the True Story of His Father’s Fight to Save Him from a Lifetime in a Bulgarian Jail by Belinda Hawkins

Allen & Unwin, $29.99 pb, 354 pp

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