A ManA novel written by Oriana Fallaci chronicling her relationship with the attempted assassination of Greek dictator George Papadopoulos. The book is a pseudo-biography about Alexandros Panagoulis written in the form of a novel. Fallaci had an intense romantic relationship with Panagoulis. She uses the novel to put forth her view that Panagoulis was assassinated by a vast conspiracy, a view widely shared by many Greeks. |
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Page 103
... guards who helped me , General : the same ones that arrested me afterward . I'm say- ing it was Zakarakis , General . The whole idea came from Zakarakis ! He was the one who suggested it to me . He was hoping to get a transfer after my ...
... guards who helped me , General : the same ones that arrested me afterward . I'm say- ing it was Zakarakis , General . The whole idea came from Zakarakis ! He was the one who suggested it to me . He was hoping to get a transfer after my ...
Page 110
... guards around the tomb , three on each side and one at each corner ; four of them brought you your meals . New , blank faces . Perhaps the solution lay in those new , blank faces , perhaps it wouldn't be hard for you to trick the guards ...
... guards around the tomb , three on each side and one at each corner ; four of them brought you your meals . New , blank faces . Perhaps the solution lay in those new , blank faces , perhaps it wouldn't be hard for you to trick the guards ...
Page 115
... guards were just in time to rescue him from you , as his screams of terror summoned them . A few days later , on April 9 , your pallet caught fire . Zakarakis was always to insist , swearing by his wife and children , that you were the ...
... guards were just in time to rescue him from you , as his screams of terror summoned them . A few days later , on April 9 , your pallet caught fire . Zakarakis was always to insist , swearing by his wife and children , that you were the ...
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