Do Not Disturb by Michela Wrong audiobook

Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad

By Michela Wrong
Read by Michela Wrong

PublicAffairs, Public Affairs 9781610398428

Unabridged

Format : Retail CD (In Stock)
  • $40.00

    ISBN: 9781549110450

Runtime: 18.04 Hours
Category: Nonfiction/Political Science
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

A New York Times Book Review pick of Best Books Now in Paperback

#1 Amazon bestseller

A powerful investigation into a grisly political murder and the authoritarian regime behind it: Do Not Disturb upends the narrative that Rwanda sold the world after one of the deadliest genocides of the twentieth century.

We think we know the story of Africa’s Great Lakes region. Following the Rwandan genocide, an idealistic group of young rebels overthrew the brutal regime in Kigali, ushering in an era of peace and stability that made Rwanda the donor darling of the West, winning comparisons with Switzerland and Singapore. But the truth was considerably more sinister. 
 
Vividly sourcing her story with direct testimony from key participants, Wrong uses the story of the murder of Patrick Karegeya, once Rwanda’s head of external intelligence and a quicksilver operator of supple charm, to paint the portrait of a modern African dictatorship created in the chilling likeness of Paul Kagame, the president who sanctioned his former friend’s assassination.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Superb… an epic tale of blood, bitterness and betrayal… a gripping tale.” The Times (London)
“[The book] stands out as perhaps the most ambitious attempt yet to tell the dark story of Rwanda and the region’s deeply intertwined tragedies.” New York Times Book Review
“An extraordinarily brave piece of reporting.” Financial Times (London)
“In Wrong’s panoramic cast of characters, the voices of those whose lives were destroyed ring out the loudest…Gripping, stylish journalism that proves the modern history of Rwanda is hardly settled.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“A melancholy love song to the lost dreams of the nations of Africa’s Great Lakes…It’s a major accomplishment, very driven, very impassioned.” John le Carré, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“Her skills as a writer and expert knowledge of Africa make this a chilling story.” Adam Hochschild, New York Times bestselling author

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Available Formats : Retail CD
Category: Nonfiction/Political Science
Runtime: 18.04
Audience: Adult
Language: English