The life of Ernesto "Che" Guevara is one that can hardly be explained in any book. From his youth in Argentina, to his days as a doctor, to his days helping Cuban Fidel Castro overthrow the Batista regime, Che's life is more than a 700 plus page book. Saying that this is one of the best Che books you will find as Jon Lee Anderson does his best to research the people and places that Che had known during his long but yet still short life.  

The result of Anderson's research is an exceptional work that will have you respecting Che whether you like his politics or not for being an individual thinker and one who challenges injustices for people.  

Some highlights of the book include the trip across South America which was the basis for the recent movie "The Motorcycle Diaries", his growth as a middle class child with ties to the higher ups and the lower classes, his relationships with women, his relationships with notorious political organizers including Castro.   You also learn where the two political motivators differed towards the end of his life and how that could have affected his unceremonious ending.   

This book has pictures of Che with family, friends and in action and you get in depth information from personal friends and other people about what he was like as a person not a persona.  

For those who have the Che t-shirts it would be nice to know what the man actually did? For them, the biography lovers and those political hustlers this book will be a delight to read. One man's struggle can't instantly change your life but reading the lifetime struggle for rights from this man should put your life and goals in life in perspective.

I'll give this book 4 Globes.