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A carregar... Acabou: It's Finished (2001)por Tim Green
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Acabou started as a journal Tim Green kept for himself during his imprisonment in Mozambique. Scribbled with the stub of a pencil on a children's notebook, smuggled into the cell by inmates, the notes were intended as letters to his family should he not survive. On his release the notes were turned into a full length gripping story. It tells of how he was working as a commercial pilot, flying communications equipment to Mozambique. On completion of this job he was paid in American dollars, which he tried to exchange for local currency to pay for a meal. The currency was allegedly counterfeit and he was imprisoned for trying to ruin the Mozambican economy. He tells of how he was marched in front of a firing squad and almost put to death and how it was the inmates, rallying around him and his wife's pressure on the South African government that saved his life. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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This review is from: Acabou (Paperback)
The author was a commercial pilot, transporting equipment into Mozambique. While innocently changing some US dollars to pay for a meal, he was arrested for having fake currency and thrown into a notorious jail. Here he experienced both the best and worst of mankind: friendly cellmates and bullying guards. He describes the filthy conditions, the horrific 'medieval' punishment cells, and the fear and powerlessness he felt in the first weeks when he had no access to his wife or the outside world.
A shortish (153p) book, written in a clear narrative, the author interposes his own story with sections by his wife, at home in S Africa and struggling to help her husband.
It's an OK read; obviously a terrible experience for Mr Green, yet somehow lacking in the literary skill needed to deeply engage the reader.
Maybe *2.5 (