Synopsis
"Author obviously admires Guevara and thus tends to exaggerate his role in the Cuban Revolution; however, he has managed a degree of objectivity sufficient for production of the best biography of the guerrilla thus far. Author's research is wide and deep, his work is careful and meticulous, and he always remains close to the facts. Few will continue to venerate the memory of Guevara after reading this book"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
A biography of the Argentinean Communist who became Fidel Castro's lieutenant in the Cuban revolution that overthrew Battista in 1959.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1998-04-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 814 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.8 in | | Weight: | 28.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
Combining unprecedented access to the personal archives maintained by Guevara's widow, carefully guarded Cuban government documents, and extensive interviews with both Che's comrades and the CIA men and Bolivian officers who hunted him down, this acclaimed biography stands as "an enduring achievement" ("The Boston Globe"), illuminating as never before this mythic figure who embodied the greatest moment of revolutionary communism as a force in history.
Industry Reviews
"Five years of research and unprecedented access to friends, family and unpublished archives have allowed Anderson to fulfill his stated aim, to present the truth about Che Guevara. As an added bonus, the author refrains from indulging in amateur psychoanalysis."
Literary Review - Carlos Mavroleon (04/19/1997)
"In the months leading up to the 30th anniversary of his death this fall, prepare yourself for yet more Chexploitation. You may grow weary of all the brouhaha, but you would do well to read Jon Lee Anderson's monumental biography."
Washington Post Book World - Tom Miller (04/27/1997)
"An excellent (if too long) new biography."
Los Angeles Times Book Review - Tad Szulc (05/04/1997)
"Anderson's massive biography...traces, with exacting precision, the avatar's of Che's epic life in a voice happily devoid of hagiographic rhetoric and with a healthy curiosity about seemingly irrelevant details."
Times Literary Supplement - Alberto Manguel (05/02/1997)
"Mr. Anderson does a masterly job in evoking Che's complex character, in separating the man from the myth and in describing the critical role Che played in one of the darkest periods of the cold war."
New York Times Book Review - Peter Canby (05/18/1997)
'A sweeping biography...students of Che's life and deeds need look no further than Anderson's volume."
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