The travels of Justin

How can Amazon.ca have reader-submitted reviews for a book that will not debut until October 12^th?

My discovery began when I learned that the TRU President’s Lecture Series is presenting Lt.-Gen. (Ret.) Roméo Dallaire on October 14^th. Mr. Dallaire is the author of a new book, Shake Hands With the Devil: the Failure of Humanity in Rwanda and I thought I’d learn more about the book, and possibly read it, before his presentation.

Amazon.ca provides this exerpt from the book:

“My story is not a strictly military account nor a clinical, academic study of the breakdown of Rwanda. It is not a simplistic indictment of the many failures of the UN as a force for peace in the world. It is not a story of heroes and villains, although such a work could easily be written. This book is a cri de coeur for the slaughtered thousands, a tribute to the souls hacked apart by machetes because of their supposed difference from those who sought to hang on to power. . . . This book is the account of a few humans who were entrusted with the role of helping others taste the fruits of peace. Instead, we watched as the devil took control of paradise on earth and fed on the blood of the people we were supposed to protect.”

Obviously I won’t be able to read it ahead of time, but how have these supposedly reader-submitted reviews appeared on the book’s page at Amazon if the book is not yet for sale? Have these individuals received advanced copies? Are they professional reviewers posing as consumers?

Considering the current situation in Darfur, Sudan and what is being done about it, I’m really looking forward to seeing Mr. Dallaire has to say.

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