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 45
... tortures . You would never tell me what tortures , specifically ; if I asked you precise questions , you would turn pale and lock yourself up in silence . Yet , you made no mystery about one of them : the needle in the urethra . They ...
... tortures . You would never tell me what tortures , specifically ; if I asked you precise questions , you would turn pale and lock yourself up in silence . Yet , you made no mystery about one of them : the needle in the urethra . They ...
Page 46
... tortures but of the psychological torments that follow the physi- cal tortures . He knows that when the victim's body is nothing but a mass of sores he will be happy to take refuge with someone who torments him only through words . The ...
... tortures but of the psychological torments that follow the physi- cal tortures . He knows that when the victim's body is nothing but a mass of sores he will be happy to take refuge with someone who torments him only through words . The ...
Page 54
... tortures I underwent during interrogation ! Stabbing , club- bing , whippings with a steel lash ! " " Silence ! " " Cigarette burns on the geni- tals ! Falange on the soles of the feet ! " " Silence ! " " Needles up the urethra , sexual ...
... tortures I underwent during interrogation ! Stabbing , club- bing , whippings with a steel lash ! " " Silence ! " " Cigarette burns on the geni- tals ! Falange on the soles of the feet ! " " Silence ! " " Needles up the urethra , sexual ...
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