|summary=Some time round about now, Stanfield is appointed Truth Commissioner and among his first cases is one which brings together himself, a government Minister, an ex-policeman...and a college gardener. As one family simply seeks to claim a body and lay it to rest, the repercussions disturb the lives of many others who thought the past was laid to rest. Story-telling at its best and political questioning at its most subtle. Recommended on both levels.
|rating=5
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|format=Paperback
|pages=384
|publisher= Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
|date=February 2009
|isbn=978-0747596332
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0747596336</amazonuk>
|amazonus=<amazonus>0747591296</amazonus>
|sort=Truth Commissioner, The
|cover=0747596336
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|aznus=0747591296
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In the beginning, there is a boy taken on a journey. He'd never been anywhere before ‘except once'. And now he's frightened – and so he should be. He is in deep trouble.