![]() ![]() Justin Wintle joins Michael Gurr from London and Michael observes that this is a book underpinned by a fierce indignation. ![]() Justin Wintle has written widely about Vietnam, China, Spain, Islam.and now a book that goes a long way towards making very vivid the figure of Aung San Suu Kyi – the real one, not the silent enigma of Western imagination. Perfect Hostage is one of those rare non-fiction books that has you in suspense even when you know what's going to happen you know what's coming even as you panic at its approach. Justin Wintle is a British author, reviewer and journalist who's written a book that is as much a portrait of Burma as it is of its human subject. Now freedom always needs its heroes, but sometimes the flesh-and-blood person can get lost behind the icon. Politics and government / Biography / Political. As the imprisoned figurehead of the Burmese democracy movement, Aung San Suu Kyi is often spoken of with a kind of reverence. The perfect hostage: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma and the generals. ![]() ![]() Aung San Suu Kyi is more than one Burmese woman's name – it's a name that has come to represent a particular kind of resistance to dictatorship. Perfect Hostage is written by Justin Wintle and published by Skyhorse Publishing (Skyhorse). ![]()
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