Peter Fröberg Idling — Song For An Approaching Storm: A Fantasy
Pushkin Press 2014 Paperback, 331pp. Cambodia, 1955. The country is on the brink of a major change, with the first democratic elections just around the corner. Sar's loyalties are divided. He is a respected and well-liked schoolteacher. He has studied in Paris. He is a talented political operator in the Democratic Party's campaign. And, under the constant risk of discovery - of arrest, torture and execution - he reports to the communists. In the years to come, the world will know him as Pol Pot. In 1955 he is a young idealist in the fight against the royal government. Spine creased. (ISBN: 9781782270126). Good.