What’s it like to be the son or daughter of a dictator? Jay Nordlinger, a senior editor and a book fellow at the National Review, set out to answer that question when he wrote Children of Monsters: An Inquiry into the Sons and Daughters of Dictators.
He’ll be speaking Tuesday night, April 26 at the Darien Community Association.
In his 7 p.m. talk at the DCA and in his book, Nordlinger looks into the families of the worst of the worst: Stalin, Mao, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein, and others.
(There are still seats available. Register here.)
Some of the kids are down-the-line loyalists. Some even succeed their father as dictator (as in North Korea and Syria). Some have doubts. A few defect. All are rocked by prison, war, exile, and the like. These men and women lead all too interesting lives and from this new book, we learn a little more about tyranny, freedom, fate, choice, and people.
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— an announcement from the Darien Community Association
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Reservations are requested for this General Programs event. Books will be available for sale courtesy of Barrett Bookstore.
This event is $10 per person, or $5 for DCA members. Reservations are requested, and can be made online at dariendca.org, or by contacting the DCA at info@dariendca.org or 203-655-9050. The DCA is located at 274 Middlesex Road in Darien.