In the Time of Madness (ePub)

“Few have been able to document the change in this vast and complicated country as adeptly as Parry.” —San FranciscoChronicle
 
“[Parry’s] elegant, understated prose reserves a bubble of sanity amid the madness; he’s particularly adept at capturing the moments when history is about to be made.” —Bryan Walsh, Time (Asia)
 
“Freedom has its darker side. . . . You could not hope for a better guide to the strange and terrible transformation that befell Indonesia in 1998 than Richard Lloyd Parry. . . . Fills a crucial space on the bookshelves.” —The Economist
 
“Honest, reflective and self-critical . . . One of the most incisive portraits of moral failure by the so-called ‘international community’ which this author has had occasion to read.” —John T. Sidel, The Times (London)
 
“Shocking . . . Riveting . . . Truly sobering.” —Siobhan Murphy, Metro
 
“This is a fine book, the best I’ve read on the implosion of human decency that took place in Indonesia as the New Order of President Suharto collapsed in the late 1990s. . . . A bold and beautifully written piece of reporting.” —John Sweeney, The Literary Review
 
“[A] boldly reported, introspective account . . . Clipped, vivid and honest.” —Publishers Weekly
 
“The best of its kind to have emerged from the chaos that surrounded the 1998 end of [General] Suharto’s rule. . . . A courageously candid account.” —Shawn Donnan, Financial Times (London)