Description
A groundbreaking work of investigative journalism revealing the complicity of the Vatican and the Swiss government in aiding Nazi war criminals' escape from Europe to Argentina - reissued with a new preface by Philippe Sands and additional material
About the Author
UKI GONI is a journalist and writer based in Argentina. He regularly contributes to the Guardian and the New York Review of Books. He has also been an op-ed columnist for the New York Times. PHILIPPE SANDS is Professor of Law at UCL, a practising barrister at Matrix Chambers, and the author many books, including the Sunday Times bestselling The Ratline and East West Street, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. He is President of English PEN and on the board of the Hay Festival of Arts and Literature.
Reviews
Uki Goni's five year search for collateral evidence led him to files in Europe that confirmed a true story more gripping than... fiction * The Times *
A fascinating expose... essential * New Statesman *
Breathtakingly sinister - the stuff of every postwar spy novel * Sunday Telegraph *
Historical honesty shines through the pages of one of the most dishonest episodes in history -- Richard Overy * Sunday Telegraph *
Despite being thwarted by Argentine bureaucracy, we now have the full scandalous picture... [Goni] has performed an essential task with bravery and discipline * Guardian *
A brilliant work of detection and painstaking perseverance * Morning Star *
Goni has powerfully exposed the deceits and conniving, and pierced what he calls the "wall of silence" * Sunday Times, Culture *
Book Information
ISBN 9781783789252
Author Uki Goni
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Granta Books
Publisher Granta Books
Weight(grams) 368g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 31mm