“Does the book bring attention to the real plight of boy soldiers? Is the celebrity of the book and the author raising legitimate outrage? If the answer is yes to both, then I care less if there is more fiction than fact here, particularly given the steady diet of drivel about pop celebrities whose lives and actions are meaningless is fed to us in the West in gross quantities. If this book is not completely factual it is still far more relevant than the Hollywood news and tabloid trash streaming non-stop on the net, t.v and radio.”
posted Saturday, June 7 2008