My interest in Che Guevara was sparked by watching 'The Motorcycle Diaries' at the cinema, but it left me thinking.. so then how did he get to be a global symbol of revolution? Then I saw 'Thirteen Days' on the Cuban Missile crisis and read somewhere that Guevara was in favour of a nuclear showdown with the US. I wanted to know more - so bought this book.

At first I suspected that the book was going to give a glowing account of Guevara's achievements and the success of the revolution in Cuba. Instead the book is very well balanced, and I learned a lot about Guevara and Castro and realised my assumption that they were all committed communists from day one was completely wrong.

The book is also well written - it isn't too academic, and it isn't too long! Well done Mike Gonzalez.