Exorcising Terror
The Incredible Unending Trial of General Augusto Pinochet

Acclaimed author tells story of General Pinochet's trial as a suspense-thriller. 'An excellent, quick and powerful read, accessible to everyone.' Publishers Weekly

What role do memory & pain & the rights of the survivors play in this struggle for a new system of justice? But above all, the author, by listening carefully to the voices of Pinochet's many victims, explores how can we purge ourselves of terror & fear once we have been traumatized, and asks if we can build peace & reconciliation without facing a turbulent & perverse past. From Dorfman's emotional reconstitution of the many phases of Pinochet's trial, both in London & in Santiago, there slowly emerges a picture of a victory, both for the people of Chile & for people the world over, serving as a prelude to the prosecution of other Heads of State - such as Milosevic in The Hague - but as a warning to many powerful men around the world - like Henry Kissinger - who felt they would never be held accountable for sufferings inflicted on faraway civilians.

The shadow of Chile
the long good-bye to tyrants
some final words in the guise of an acknowledgement.