Jani Confidential

Overview

If this were a book quiz and you were to ask me what film is most like Jani Confidential I would answer unhesitatingly, Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen’s Oscar-nominated film.Those who remember the Just Jani column in the Sunday Times will be intrigued and delighted. Those who missed out on those heady times will be captivated by this universal story of betrayal, back-stabbing and life in the very fast lane. It is acerbic, witty, wry, bittersweet and exquisitely penned. She describes how she became a columnist, and reveals much of life behind thescenes at the Sunday Times. Jani shares details of the crucial interview with Eugène Terre’blanche, details that will shake the preconceptions and ruffle more than a few feathers.Jani’s reputation is reduced to tatters when she takes on UK’s Channel4 in a law suit that reverberated around the world and kept the public baying for blood.But in all this we are able to see the real Jani Allan behind the fabulous brittle creature that the tabloids tore to shreds and devoured and then spat out.That the real Jani Allan, gutsy, bright beyond the telling, vulnerable and a story-teller beyond compare has chosen to share her story is a remarkable gift to the reader. It is a story that will command a great deal of respect.

Author Biography

Trained classical pianist. Fine Arts graduate. Former high school teacher and model. Extensive experience in South African journalism, publishing a weekly column for almost a decade at the Sunday Times. Jani Allan has interviewed everyone from cabinet ministers to Hollywood royalty. She once interviewed Oliver Reed in a Jacuzzi. Hosted a talk-show on Cape Talk. Animal rights advocate and voice for the voiceless, some viral success in my efforts.