The indifferent Scottish anarchist who almost blew up Franco

Far from being an anarchist's handbook, General Franco, the Angry Brigade and Me is more like a manual on how not to change the world.

General Franco, the Angry Brigade and Me By Stuart Christie, Scribner, €16.25 Far from being an anarchist's handbook, this is more like a manual on how not to change the world. Despite his best, or perhaps worst, intentions, Stuart Christie didn't succeed in anything he set out to achieve, including a scattered-brained scheme to blow up General Franco.

The author basks in the “glory'‘ of having operated on the fringes of anarchist groups ...