Labyrinth: How a Stubborn Prosecutor Penetrated a Shadowland of Covert Operations on Three Continents to Find the Assassins of Orlando Letelier [Hardcover]

Taylor Branch (Author), Eugene M Propper (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 623 pages
• Publisher: Viking Adult; First Edition edition (April 9, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670424927
• ISBN-13: 978-0670424924
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.2 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,225,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Taylor Branch is the bestselling author of Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 (which won the Pulitzer Prize), Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65, and At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968. The author of two other nonfiction books and a novel, Branch is a former staff member of The Washington Monthly, Harper's, and Esquire. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Some Mixed Wires, January 24, 2005

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This review is from: Labyrinth: How a Stubborn Prosecutor Penetrated a Shadowland of Covert Operations on Three Continents to Find the Assassins of Orlando Letelier (Hardcover)

I don't know who Jon Land is, but this is not a review of his book. This is a review of Labyrinth, by Taylor Branch. I guess the wires somewhere got switched around. Sorry folks...

In any event, Labyrinth is the story of the assassination in Washington, DC, of Orlando Letelier by agents of the Chilean Government. It took place in the mid seventies in broad daylight by car bomb. This is a fascinating piece of writing, made all the more harrowing by the fact that it is true. The cast of characters includes the radical anti-Castro Omega 9, the Chilean secret police, known as Dina, the CIA, and the head of the DINA, Manual Contreras.

Labyrinth is one of the most rivetting books I have ever read. It may be hard to find, but it is well worth the effort. I was up very late with this one. Do yourself a favor.