In this legal and historical detective story, the author of East West Street traces the footsteps of two of the twentieth century’s most merciless criminals—accused of genocide and crimes against humanity—testing the limits of immunity and impunity after Nuremberg.
Marvelous and absorbing ... Inimitable ... Sands is also a consummate storyteller, gently teasing out his heavy themes and the accompanying legal intricacies through the unforgettable details he unearths and the many people...who open up to him.
Remarkable ... It is the relentless pursuit of this hidden and repulsive past that gives 38 Londres Street its startling originality, turning it into a tour de force that extends its reach far beyond what we typically envisage from a book about human rights.
Sands has interviewed all the key players, but this is not just a gripping behind-the-scenes court drama ... Sands’s book is the darkest of tales, but also a riveting piece of historical detective work, as finely plotted as any thriller.
