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At a time when the world waits anxiously to see what will happen next in Zimbabwe - when there is little food in the country's shops, life expectancy is plunging and Zimbabweans are fleeing repression and unemployment - this book gets to grips with the man at the helm of a corrupt regime; the man behind the monster. Holland's tireless investigation begins with her having dinner with Mugabe the freedom fighter and ends in a searching interview with Zimbabwe's president in December 2007, more than 30 years later.
At a time when the world waits anxiously to see what will happen next in Zimbabwe - when there is little food in the country's shops, life expectancy is plunging and Zimbabweans are fleeing repression and unemployment - this book gets to grips with the man at the helm of a corrupt regime; the man behind the monster. Holland's tireless investigation begins with her having dinner with Mugabe the freedom fighter and ends in a searching interview with Zimbabwe's president in December 2007, more than 30 years later.
The untold story of the freedom fighter who became a tyrant.
Heidi Holland has been a journalist and author for over thirty
years. As a freelancer she has written for a wide range of
international publications including the London Sunday Times,
International Herald Tribune and The Guardian. Other projects have
included research for leading British television documentaries.
Heidi Holland runs a busy guest house in Melville Johannesburg with
an international clientele drawn mainly from professionals working
in human rights, development and public health, particularly
HIV/Aids activists, as well as international journalists and
academics. Deidre Rubenstein is regarded as one of Australia's most
accomplished actresses. As a stage actress, she has starred in
productions with all major Australian theatre companies and has
created three highly acclaimed one-woman shows which have toured
Australia and overseas. Deidre won an Australian Film Industry
(AFI) award for Best Actress in the mini-series Palace of Dreams
and is also a multi-award-winning narrator. Audiobooks narrated for
Bolinda include Elizabeth Costello by Nobel Prize–winning author
J.M. Coetzee, Gilgamesh by Joan London, Elizabeth Harrower novels
and various ABC titles.
"The most intimate portrait yet produced of Zimbabwe’s clever but
brutal leader."
*The Economist*
"The most intimate portrait yet produced of Zimbabwe's clever but brutal leader." -- The Economist
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