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Missing by Thomas Hauser - 4 stars - My Review

Excellent piece of journalism documenting the disappearance of American Charles Horman in Chile in 1973, just after the military coup that overthrew Salvador Allende’s government. The author lays out the timeline of events, what may have led to his arrest, and the ways in which US officials’ actions may have contributed to his death. In a parallel narrative, the author follows Horman’s wife and father as they attempt to find out what happened, running into a bureaucratic nightmare. The term “non-fiction that reads like fiction” applies to this book.

Horman disappeared at the beginning of Augusto Pinochet’s Reign of Terror. This book was published in 1977. Subsequent events, investigations, and releases of previously confidential information support Hauser’s conclusions. As I read, I found myself hoping for a different outcome.

I found this book at a local used bookstore. A news article was folded within its pages, about Joyce Horman and her search for truth, published in February 2000. I then researched the latest status on the internet, so I was able to trace this history of this tragic event over four-plus decades.

I saw the movie way back when and realized that I had read this as well.

Booknblues wrote: "I saw the movie way back when and realized that I had read this as well."
I've never seen the movie.