Getting to Know the General [Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Graham Greene (Author), Jonathan Oliver (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1993

In August 1981 my bag was packed for my fifth visit to Panama when the news came to me over the telephone of the death of General Omar Torrijos Herrera, my friend and host. . . At that moment the idea came to me to write a short personal memoir. . . of a man I had grown to love over those five years' GETTING TO KNOW THE GENERAL is Graham Greene's account of a five-year personal involvement with Omar Torrijos, ruler of Panama from 1968-81 and Sergeant Chuchu, one of the few men in the National Guard whom the General trusted completely. It is a fascinating tribute to an inspirational politician in the vital period of his country's history, and to an unusual and enduring friendship.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Isis Audio (June 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1850897131
• ISBN-13: 978-1850897132
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,772,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #36 in Books > Books on Cassette > Authors, A-Z > ( G ) > Greene, Graham

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book, April 21, 2008

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David Taylor "Not everything is bigger here..." (Houston, TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Getting to Know the General (Hardcover)

A very interesting book. As always with Graham Greene, it is very well written, but it is also a very observant portrait of not only Omar Torrijos, but of Panama and Central America during the late 1970's and early 1980's. Well worth buying.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars History Lesson, November 27, 2009

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Thomas Thoreau "someone" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Getting to Know the General (Hardcover)

Good lesson on a topic that American media routinely refuses to cover, and that is the United States' own crimes against Latin America.