Che's life was remarkable, from the asthmatic student in Buenos Aires to the commandant of the guerrilla. The unique nature of this life, without parallel in the history of the 20th century, reveals and explains the development of the Che myth. Che's decision to leave his ministerial office for the Bolivian maquis in Cuba can only be understood with this coherence. Che Guevara's ideas are not "retrievable" and cannot be turned into consumer goods,...