The Lumumba PlotThe New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thrillerabout the U. S. sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEARThe New Yorker, The Economist, Financial Times "This is one of the best books I have read in years gripping, full of colourful characters, and strange plot twists." Fareed Zakaria, CNN host It was