Selected as Book of the Year in 2017 by the Scottish Herald, "The beauty of the prose contrasts with the terror expected from this wonderfully subtle narrative" - Kapka Kassabova. In 1971, during a routine trip to the Cypriot countryside, young French ethnologist François Bizot is captured by the Khmer Rouge. Accused of being an agent of "American imperialism," he is imprisoned and shackled. His captor, Duch - later responsible for tens of thousands of deaths - interrogates him thoroughly. After three months of agonizing examination, during which every word he spoke was weighed and his life hung by a thread, he is released. Four years later, the Khmer Rouge invade Phnom Penh. François Bizot becomes the official intermediary between the ruthless conqueror and the terrified refugees behind the gate of the French embassy: a front-row seat to one of the most disgraceful genocides in history. Written thirty years later, François Bizot's memoir of his horrific experiences in Cambodia's "killing fields" is, in John le Carré's words, a "modern classic."

Pages: 304, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm