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The Gate

The Gate

Francois Bizot

In 1971, on a routine outing through the Cambodian countryside, the young French scholar Francois Bizot was captured by the Khmer Rouge. Written 30 years later, this is Francois Bizot's memoir of his horrific experiences in the "killing fields" of Cambodia.
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In 1971, on a routine outing through the Cambodian countryside, the young French scholar Francois Bizot was captured by the Khmer Rouge. Accused of being an agent of "American imperialism", he was chained and imprisoned. His captor, Douch, later responsible for tens of thousands of deaths, interviewed him at length; after three months of torturous deliberation, during which his every word was weighed and his life hung in the balance, he was released. No other Western prisoner survived. Four years later, the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh. Francois Bizot became the official intermediary between the ruthless conqueror and the terrified refugees behind the gate of the French embassy: a ringside seat to one of history's most appalling genocides.

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Title - The Gate

Edition -

Author - Francois Bizot

ISBN 13 - 9781843430018

Imprint - The Harvill Press

Publisher - Vintage Publishing

Date Published - 23/01/2003

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No. of pages - 304

Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - x x mm

Weight - 557 g

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