On the morning of Valentine's Day 2013, Paralympic icon and South African national hero Oscar Pistorius u the fastest man on no legs u carried his mortally wounded girlfriend down the stairs of his house. In this story, however, Pistorius was no champion. Following a suspected argument, the woman he loved was dying from wounds he has since been accused of inflicting. As the world awoke to the sensational story, the question on everyone's lips was: How did this happen? Now, for the first time, the true story behind the headlines can be revealed. Based on in-depth interviews with all the relevant players, first-hand information and on-the-scene reportage, No More Heroes covers the events leading up to the murder, the subsequent trial and its outcome, and investigates broader social concerns: the high level of violent crime in South Africa, particularly against women and children; the controversial matter of gun control; and the fallen-hero syndrome, as seen in the cases of Tiger Woods and Lance Armstrong. Written by Jacques Steenkamp and Gavin Prins, this is the definitive account of the murder case that will define this decade and, perhaps, the society we live in.
