The Palace of Justice: A Colombian Tragedy

by Ana Carrigan

Book Overview

A journalist and eyewitness investigates the 1985 guerilla insurgency and bloody military coup that ended Colombian democracy and marked a break with the country's previous history, through interviews... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0941423824
• ISBN13: 9780941423823
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The Palace of Justice, My Review

I rate this book very highly. The book and the seller met all my expectations with regard to condition of the book and prompt delivery of the same

The best book on this elusive theme...

This book is truly the most complete investigation on those two intense and definitive days in recent Colombian history. Told with gripping narrative, it is hard to put down: it took me only three days to read. As a Colombian, for me it is also a source of profound sadness, because the book, through its tale, illustrates all the workings of colombian politics, with all its lies, manipulations, self-interests, and lack of any decent statemanship and generosity. Except for a few personalities, all the actors in this drama show an inmense human mediocrity, from the president of the nation on down. Also, it shows the brutality of an armed force that has always been distinguished by its corruption and incompetence in the field of battle. This book should be mandatory reading for anybody interested in Colombian politics, history and society.

A Brutal Story

"The Palace of Justice" is a brutal story of life in Colombia. Carrigan is a tier-one journalist who lived in Colombia and used many first hand accounts to expose the flaws in the government's coverup.

Mesmerizing

.This is an utterly brilliant book..Ana Carrigan provides a meticulously researched and detailedaccount of a climactic event in the ongoing Colombian violence.The significance of this saga is not in its direct effects butthe insight into the workings and priorities of the Colombiangovernment and military revealed to us by this moment of crisis.The author gives the critical background to the saga and coversin detail the political maneuvering and subsequentOrwellian "official explanation" of what really happened. .Read this book. If it's out-of-print, harangue the publisher.

Highly recommended!!

A very enjoyable book about a very bloody and unfortunate event in Colombia`s recent history. As a Colombian I can vouch for the accuracy of the events the author describes. I want to congratulate the author and at the same time recommend this book to everyone.