From the Place of the Dead - Bishop Belo and the Struggle for East Timor

Since 1975, when Indonesian troops invaded the former Portuguese colony of East Timor, nearly one third of the country's population has died as a result of war, famine and killings. No one has done more to enable the East Timorese to survive this most brutal of regimes than Bishop Carlos Belo, the first Catholic bishop ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In the face of assassination threats and excruciating pressure, he has been an unflinching defender of his people in their fight for justice and freedom. Kohen's book, based on material gathered in unrivalled access to Bishop Belo, is not only a vivid portrait of the churchman, but also the definitive account of a tortured country and the politics in which it is embroiled. A testament to the power of faith to influence the world...