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 25
... meters wide , and the explosive force would be immense . The only problem was how to escape in the daylight . " It was no accident , " Georgazis had said , " that assassinations take place in the dark . Nothing favors escape better than ...
... meters wide , and the explosive force would be immense . The only problem was how to escape in the daylight . " It was no accident , " Georgazis had said , " that assassinations take place in the dark . Nothing favors escape better than ...
Page 26
... meters meant having then to run a hundred and sixty meters before reaching the water . It also meant new calculations : at forty meters what would you be able to see ? You attached an end of the wire to the mines and then , holding the ...
... meters meant having then to run a hundred and sixty meters before reaching the water . It also meant new calculations : at forty meters what would you be able to see ? You attached an end of the wire to the mines and then , holding the ...
Page 300
... meters ! Stay five meters ' distance ! " And a student with an armband , assigned to maintain order , approached , beg- ging you in vain to shorten the distance , repeating that the rest of the procession was united and you had to ...
... meters ! Stay five meters ' distance ! " And a student with an armband , assigned to maintain order , approached , beg- ging you in vain to shorten the distance , repeating that the rest of the procession was united and you had to ...
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