We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families

I know few books, fiction or non-fiction, as compelling as Philip Gourevitch’s account of the Rwandan genocide – Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect StormLike the greatest war reporters, Philip Gourevitch raises the human banner in hell’s mouth … This volume establishes him as the peer of Michael Herr, there is no limit to what we may expect from him – Robert StoneMagnificent, terrifying … Gourevitch’s account is factual, unemotional - and utterly gut-wrenching … The great achievement of his book is that it allows us to imagine this unimaginable crime … and those who stood by, human beings all * Irish Times *A sparkling jewel that shone no matter what angle you looked at it from – Amanda ForemanGourevitch constructs a powerful indictment against international inaction … In his meticulous journalistic reconstruction he drives home the point that this is a history like any other … It is also a stark rebuttal of those who have tried to separate what happened in Nazi Germany and what happened in central Africa half a century later * Observer *Philip Gourevitch has written the book which is the key to these dramatic and terrifying events … Should be compulsory reading … for all UN officials involved in peace-keeping operations and humanitarian aid, from the Secretary General on down * Guardian *

Philip Gourevitch is the author of We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families. He is a staff writer for the New Yorker and editor of the Paris Review.