num_pages: 223
description: 'In August 1981 my bag was packed for my fifth visit to Panama when the news came to me over the telephone of the death of General Omar Torrijos Herrera, my friend and host. . . At that moment the idea came to me to write a short personal memoir. . . of a man I had grown to love over those five years' GETTING TO KNOW THE GENERAL is Graham Greene's account of a five-year personal involvement with Omar Torrijos, ruler of Panama from 1968-81 and Sergeant Chuchu, one of the few men in the National Guard whom the General trusted completely. It is a fascinating tribute to an inspirational politician in the vital period of his country's history, and to an unusual and enduring friendship.
language: English
title: Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement
titlecomplete: Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement
genres: British Literature, Autobiography, History, Travel, The Americas, Biography Memoir, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 494
publisher: The Bodley Head