- Politics and government, Presidenter, Presidents, Politisches System
An exploration of Chávez's life and career, pondering such questions as "How did a charismatic autocrat seduce not just a nation but a significant part of world opinion? How did he make people laugh, weep, and applaud as if on command? And how does he continue to stay in power despite the crumbling of Venezuela?"--Dust jacket flap.
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Classical in form, contemporary, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Rory Carroll
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 315
- Publisher
- New York, Canongate, Canongate Books
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780857861535
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