John Conroy book signings
7 p.m. Tuesday, 57th St. Books, 1301 E. 57th, (773) 684-1300
7 p.m. Wednesday, Barbara's Bookstore, 1100 Lake St., Oak Park,(708) 848-9140
Torture is as horrifying as it is difficult to define, as hiddenas it is hideous.
Usually, we see the tortured in the aftermath_the hobbled gaitsand sunken eyes that make it clear they have experienced somethingsoul-shattering. Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People (Knopf, $26), thenew book by Oak Park resident John Conroy, is so unsettling becausewe see the faces of the torturers, and they are like ours.
Here are some cases Conroy views in extreme closeup:
On Jan. 20, 1988, in the …
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