num_pages: 200
description: 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. Fergal Keane travelled through the country as the genocide was continuing, and his powerful analysis reveals the terrible truth behind the headlines. ‘A tender, angry account … As well as being a scathing indictment – Keane says the genocide inflicted on the Tutsis was planned well in advance by Hutu leaders – this is a graphic view of news-gathering in extremis. It deserves to become a classic’ Independent.
language: English
title: Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey
titlecomplete: Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey
genres: History, Travel, Rwanda, War, Africa, Biography, School, Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 771
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Orwell Prize
publisher: Penguin Books