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The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?
The Art of Political Murder Who Killed the Bishop
Author: Francisco Goldman
Bishop Juan Gerardi, Guatemala’s leading human rights activist, was bludgeoned to death in his garage on a Sunday night in 1998, two days after the presentation of a groundbreaking church-sponsored report implicating the military in the murders and disappearances of some two hundred thousand civilians. Realizing that it could not rely on p...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780802118288
ISBN-10: 0802118283
Publication Date: 9/10/2007
Pages: 416
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Grove Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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This is a must read for anyone with connections to Guatemala. It's very well written and hard to put down.
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If you have any interest in the Latin American politics of the Lost Decade (the 1980s)or murder/thrillers, this book is for you. Educational, horrific and thrilling. Goldman's account ranks right up there with the best of Capote.


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