Children of Monsters - by Jay Nordlinger (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"What must it be like to be the son or daughter of a monstrous dictator? What must it be like to bear a name synonymous with oppression, terror, and evil?" In this book, Nordlinger surveys 20 dictators in all. They are the worst of the worst: Stalin, Mao, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein, and so on. The book is not about them, really, though of course they figure in it. It's about their children. Some of them are absolute loyalists. They admire, revere, or worship their father. Some of them actually succeed their father as dictator-as in North Korea, Syria, and Haiti. Some of them have doubts. A couple of them become full-blown dissenters, even defectors. A few of the daughters have the experience of having their husband killed by their father. Most of these children are rocked by exile, prison, and the like. Obviously, the children have some things in common. But they are also individuals, making of life what they can. The main thing they have in common is this: They have been dealt a very, very unusual hand.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>What's it like to be the son or daughter of a dictator? A monster on the Stalin level? What's it like to bear a name synonymous with oppression, terror, and evil? <p/>Jay Nordlinger set out to answer that question, and does so in this book. He surveys 20 dictators in all. They are the worst of the worst: Stalin, Mao, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein, and so on. The book is not about them, really, though of course they figure in it. It's about their children. <p/>Some of them are absolute loyalists. They admire, revere, or worship their father. Some of them actually succeed their father as dictator--as in North Korea, Syria, and Haiti. Some of them have doubts. A couple of them become full-blown dissenters, even defectors. A few of the daughters have the experience of having their husband killed by their father. Most of these children are rocked by war, prison, exile, or other upheaval. <p/>Obviously, the children have things in common. But they are also individuals, making of life what they can. The main thing they have in common is this: They have been dealt a very, very unusual hand. <p/>What would <i>you</i> do, if you were the offspring of an infamous dictator, who lords it over your country? <p/>An early reader of this book said, "There's an opera on every page" a drama, a tragedy (or even a comedy). Another reader said he had read the chapter on Bokassa "with my eyes on stalks." <p/>Meet these characters for yourself. Marvel, shudder, and ponder.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Jay Nordlinger is a senior editor of "National Review." He writes about a variety of subjects, including politics, foreign affairs, and the arts. He is music critic for "The New Criterion" and "City Arts" (New York), as well as for NR. He has won awards for his work on human rights, in particular. Some 100 pieces are gathered in "Here, There & Everywhere: Collected Writings of Jay Nordlinger." A native Michigander, the author lives in New York.
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