The Torturer provides an unforgettable case study in the
controversy over torture. The hero, robert Lavilhaud (pronounced
"Lavilio," he insists), is an incredibly idealistic young officer
and a fiercely devout Catholic. He is devoted to the highest
traditional ideals of military service and to the Grand Dream of
what Algeria can become as a fully integrated, prosperous
departement of France. After his military service is completed,
Lavilhaud plans to marry and finish his graduate studies in order
to settle in French Algeria as a professor of literature. As
officer in charge of a unit that is charged with interrogating
insurrectionists and terrorists, he finds that circumstances
overcome his convictions. At the same time, De Gaulle reneges on
his earlier commitment to keep Algeria French. Loyalists like
Lavilhaud, the Harkis, and the four French generals who staged a
coup in opposition to De Gaulle's volte-face find themselves
abandoned. Lavilhaud becomes the fall-guy in the political turmoil
and ends up serving time in prison. yet in the end, there is new
hope for him in the form of a totally unexpected visitor to his
prison cell. This is vladimir volkoff's last novel and it must have
been a story very near to his heart, particularly when we reflect
that he too was an intelligence officer in the Algerian War in his
youth and a professor of literature before he became a well-known
novelist. vladimir
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