Volume 42, Number 19 · November 30, 1995
A Hero of Our Time
By William Shawcross
Fred Cuny set out from his hotel room in Ingushetia last April, leaving on the table by his bed a copy of John le Carré's newest thriller, Our Game, whose main character, Larry Pettifer, has dedicated himself to defending the Ingush people against their Russian attackers; he then disappears. Cuny had become passionate about the Chechen cause, and hoped he could arrange a cease-fire between the Russian and Chechen forces. He never returned. After making a long and painful search, his family now believes he was murdered, although his body has not been found.
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