Intimate Insight Into A Revolutionary Icon

Memoir: Che, My Brother

- Scott Jones

 

Anyone interested in Che Guevara, the Argentinian socialist and hero of the Cuban revolution, is spoilt for choice when looking for books about his life and exploits. But a new book, ‘Che, My Brother’, written by his sibling in the run-up to the fiftieth anniversary of Che’s death, is a welcome addition.

Juan Martin is Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara’s youngest brother. He was himself a political prisoner for eight years in the late 1970s and early 80s under the reactionary Argentinian junta. Fitting given that Che, before his death, told a fellow fighter he considered Juan Martin, of all his siblings, his spiritual heir.