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Two Weeks in November

The astonishing untold story of the operation that toppled Mugabe

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Two Weeks in November

By: Douglas Rogers
Narrated by: Patrick Doherty
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 Two Weeks in Novemberis the thrilling, surreal, unbelievable and often very funny true story of four would-be enemies - a high ranking politician, an exiled human rights lawyer, a dangerous spy and a low-key white businessman turned political fixer - who team up to help unseat one of Africa's longest serving dictators, Robert Mugabe.

What begins as an improbable adventure destined for failure, marked by a mixture of bravery, strategic cunning and bumbling naiveté, soon turns into the most sophisticated political-military operation in African history.

By virtue of their being together, the unlikely team of misfit rivals is suddenly in position to spin what might have been seen as an illegal coup into a mass popular uprising that the world - and millions of Zimbabweans - will enthusiastically support.Impeccably researched, deftly written, and told in the style of a contemporary political thriller, Two Weeks in November throws you into the very heart of 'the game', a dangerous hidden world that makes you question what is real, what is choreographed, and whether anything can really change in a country where the same players are still dictating the rules.

(P) Octopus Publishing Group 2023 21st Century Africa Modern Politics & Government World Funny Espionage
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A paradoxical story of how a disparate collection of people from civil and military society with the common aim of replacing Mugabe as leader came together to displace the dictator and as it turned out replace him with someone not wholly dissimilar.
A good story of how a remarkable achievement was probably doomed to ultimate disappointment and how the ruin of Zimbabwe continues.

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