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“... not appear to be true. Valladares has quite enough to indict him for without that charge. Both Tad Szulc and Peter Bourne seem to have approached the test of writing about Castro with initial enthusiasm, and in both cases the enthusiasm seems to have flagged. Both books dwell disproportionately on Castro’s life up to his taking of power, and have ...”

“... pretending to know more than one does is a widely shared flaw among Castro biographers. Only one, Tad Szulc, has resisted this temptation, and Fidel, published in 1986, remains the best life. Coltman’s book is useful, however: it takes the story almost to the present day, and his subtle knowledge of Cuba – three years is longer than any other Castro ...”

“... the tragic dimensions of his career. Obviously, Matthews wanted the Cuban Revolution to flourish. Tad Szulc, who replaced him on the Times Cuba beat, believed that ‘in Fidel Castro and his Movement he sensed a vindication of the Spanish tragedy.’ But it seems to me that Matthews’s worst troubles were not chiefly the result of his politics or his ...”