PositiveTimes Literary Supplement\"Easton patiently leads the reader through this net of bloodshed and subterfuge, while skilfully placing the story in the context of Indonesia’s troubled political history. Perhaps because the author is himself a human rights activist, the storytelling lacks the sensationalism of a more journalistic account. There is a steady resolve in the way Easton approaches his formidably complex material, and he never loses sight of the fact that, behind the sheer extravagance of the case, there is a grimmer story of brutality, cruelty and lives brought to ruin.\
