"[It is the] sobering voice of witness that Gourevitch has vividly captured in his work." -- Wole Soyinka, The New York Times Book Review "[Gourevitch] has the mind of a scholar along with the observative capacity of a good novelist, and he writes like an angel. This volume establishes him as the peer of Michael Herr, Ryszard Kapuscinski, and Tobias Wolff. I think there is no limit to what we may expect from him." -- Robert Stone "A sobering, revealing, and deeply thoughtful chronicle." -- The Boston Globe "The most important book I have read in many years . [Gourevitch] examines [the genocidal war in Rwanda] with humility, anger, grief and a remarkable level of both political and moral intelligence." -- Susie Linfield, Los Angeles Times "Shocking and important .

clear and balanced . the voice in this book is meticulous and humane." -- Michael Pearson, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Astonishing . [Gourevitch] is masterful at placing the unspeakability of mass murder into actual people's mouths and inhabiting it in actual people's stories." -- Mark Gevisser, Newsday "Unsettlingly beautiful . brilliant . this is a staggeringly good book . [It] should be on bookshelves forever.

" -- Tom Engelhardt, The Philadelphia Inquirer.