When President Habyarimana's jet was shot down in April 1994, Rwanda erupted into a hundred-day orgy of killing - which left up to a million dead. The author travelled through the country as the genocide was continuing. This analysis aims to reveal the terrible truth behind the headlines.
An award-winning journalist goes beyond the headlines to reveal the real story of Rwanda's devastating genocide. Fergal Keane recounts how ordinary people were caught in a nightmare of manipulation and massacre an encounter with unimaginable evil. Released in hardcover by Viking, "Season of Blood" was awarded Britain's prestigious Orwell Prize for the best political book of 1995.
