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Companero - The Life and Death of Che Guevara - Castaneda, Jorge G.

Companero - The Life and Death of Che Guevara

Author
Castaneda, Jorge G.
Price
NZ$19.00
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Note: previous owners name crossed out on top of front cover, first page has small chunk torn out, cover corners and spine a bit worn, otherwise good.

By the time he was killed in the jungles of Bolivia, where his body was displayed like a deposed Christ, Ernesto Che Guevara had become a synonym for revolution everywhere from Cuba to the barricades of Paris. This extraordinary biography peels aside the veil of the Guevara legend to reveal the charismatic, restless man behind it. Drawing on archival materials from three continents and on interviews with Guevara's family and associates, Castaneda follows Che from his childhood in the Argentine middle class through the years of pilgrimage that turned him into a committed revolutionary. He examines Guevara's complex relationship with Fidel Castro, and analyzes the flaws of character that compelled him to leave Cuba and expend his energies, and ultimately his life, in quixotic adventures in the Congo and Bolivia. A masterpiece of scholarship, Companero is the definitive portrait of a figure who continues to fascinate and inspire the world over...

Format
Second hand Paperback
ISBN
9780679759409
Catalog
SKU
135175

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