The Satan Machine

by David Chacko

The attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II was like no other public attack in the extraordinarily violent twentieth century, but the event is still cloaked in mystery. The Satan Machine takes us down to street level to show how it all came about. And it isn't the way we thought at all.

186 pages, Paperback

First published January 8, 2013

Reviews

[Herman · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this author, read "like a man" a book on the targeted killing of Richard Heydrich and that was a excellent and well written account. This is about the attempt of Pope John Paul's life by a right wing Turkish nationalist. I don't think it was a gripping an account as "like a man" but it did show me more about Turkey politically, socially, culturally, than what I knew prior. I say it was excellently researched. It stated well towards the end of the book all the dark shadow webs of conspiracy that were part of this event. I think it could have spent more time flushing those ideals out but that would have taken the narrative away from the would be assassin to the conspiracy and as the author points out that's a truth that if it exists is locked away and may never be open.