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Book Review: Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
This Che Guevara biography changed how I view people in life
The first time I visited Cuba I was in my early twenties. It was the only country outside of the US I had ever visited as a Canadian.
The country was as beautiful as it was strange. Pristine beaches. Long empty highways which were surprisingly well kept in areas. The smell of the thick heat in the air just short of electrified my young soul.
My uni friends and I had discovered an awesome deal for a 1-week all-inclusive stay at a resort somewhere in the middle-northern part of the country. All the food, drinks, and shows a young partier would ever want to see.
On one of these sunny hot days, we were walking around. I pointed at a shirt and made a joke about Fidel Castro, much to my friends’ shock and amazement. Initially, I thought I made a gaffe by saying something even more inappropriate than my usual repertoire of humor.
But no, this was the other kind of embarrassment — a lack of knowledge.
It wasn’t Fidel on the shirt, but Ernesto Guevara. Or as I was kindly instructed at the time, the Cuban revolutionary named Che.
Being the type of nerd that always prided himself in useless knowledge, I couldn’t let this…
