The definitive book on Pol Pot's Cambodia by Nate Thayer, the only Western journalist to interview him in 18 years. I have been researching and writing my book Sympathy for the Devil: A Journalist's Memoir from Inside Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge for 15 years. For 25 years, I have conducted original reporting to compile what is now an 800 page, rough, unedited manuscript. I have accumulated millions of words of notes, hundreds of hours of audio and … [More...] ■
16 Reader Comments
Chakra Oeur says
(2014-03-15T10:58:34+00:00)
… Thanks for your courage and commitment . Your work , one day , will be a great source for our Khmer new and next generations to find out WHO and WHAT the real devil and the REAL CREATOR OF THE GENOCIDAL KILLING … !! thanksss
Samnang Khieu says
(2014-03-18T19:06:28+00:00)
I need you update information or breaking news in Cambodia that related with Government.
jeff Loeung says
(2014-03-19T10:43:49+00:00)
Nate,
you are the bravest man ever live .You went through jungle to find the cruelest killer in the planet and
interviewed him .This is the historical fact and data which will be used many years to come.
I came from Cambodia and I have been through that period so I knew bad Pol Pot was .
Thus, nate you are my hero and so I will support you for your courage and strong commitment to find the truth.
Jeff
Sakada Ly says
(2014-04-02T10:00:31+00:00)
Hi Nate,
I return home since 2012. I will talk with somes friends about your project.
I am looking forwards to see your reply.
Sakada
Val Schaffner says
(2014-04-08T12:57:59+00:00)
Hi Nate- I’ve been following your work for years with great interest and admiration, and I look forward to the completed book. However, when I tried to pre-order it just now, the form stated that shipping is unavailable in the US. Is this indeed so, or is it a computer glitch? How can I get a copy? Thanks- Val Schaffner
Marwan Hanania says
(2014-04-10T12:48:32+00:00)
HI Nate,
I have followed your work for some time now. Very courageous and inspiring. My one question, though, is why won’t a big time publisher support this project?
You’re clearly the no. 1 authority on this subject and have a proven track record accomplished over many years. Why won’t a top publisher pay for your project? What a stingy world we live in.
Marwan
David Roberts says
(2014-06-29T13:57:00+00:00)
Hi Nate
You won’t remember me, but I was with you very briefly in 1998. It was around the elections and a hot night, a few of us, and Michael Vickery was there too. I recall you being upset and burning $20 bills, or some such thing. You were kind enough to drive me from Battambang to Phnom Penh the following day, or soon after; my memory is hazy, unsurprisingly. We both roared with laughter after you spat out the stuff you were chewing and the window of the car was still wound down. As I said, I doubt you’d remember me.
I am guessing you have approached publishers. What was their response to your manuscript? I’d be happy to go over whatever they wrote (I’m an academic with some experience in getting published) and see if we can get your book a bit closer to publication. There are also a few publishers who don’t charge much at all, if anything, for the academic material.
Best wishes
David Roberts
England
Roberto Cocchetto says
(2014-08-30T16:00:32+00:00)
I just came back from Cambodia few weks ago after a “holiday” with my son and my wife in a country I always wanted to visit. It turned out into something different. After seeing the beauty and majesty of the khmer empire remains I traveled outside the tourist routes and I got more and more involved in trying to understand the recent past and the gloomy present of this poor country which has been crippled by years of unbelievable suffering and went to the verge of annihilation but is still faraway from being liberated by the greedy parasites that are sucking its blood and selling the land and its resources to criminal ” business companies”. I have found your blog a source of prime rate informations on this country. Thank for your efforts and committment. I will support your project and sincerely hope that it will succeed and you may get the credits and the financial rewards you deserve. It is incredible that everyday tons of books full of bullshit are sold and no major publishing company is interested in your material.
All my best from me and my family
Roberto Cocchetto
Italy
SEKAR R says
(2015-01-03T15:44:07+00:00)
It is sickening to know that big names such as Ted Koppel and the ABC Network stole your work. After all it was you who risked your life and spent years in the jungle chronicling one of the greatest genocide in the human history. Hopefully you will get to publish your book soon.
Charlie says
(2015-04-20T00:20:54+00:00)
May we know when you plan to publish your book?
M.J. says
(2015-05-08T18:03:14+00:00)
Any updates? I’d like to contribute. Thanks.
Andre Fernandes says
(2015-07-16T13:15:02+00:00)
Hello, I have purchased the ebook of Sympathy for the Devil in june 21, but still haven’t got any information about it. Can you help me?
Travis says
(2017-02-13T18:55:06+00:00)
This guy is in the KKK he’s a total piece of shit… Don’t buy his book.
Jed Cleancoal says
(2018-02-04T10:00:54-05:00)
Indubitably duplicitous moose brain worm affected
JB Elmore says
(2018-03-22T19:35:53-05:00)
I can tell you that Nate Thayer is not a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
J B Elmore
Imperial Giant and Elder of the Invisible Empire Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
will pore says
(2018-08-31T08:21:39-05:00)
Does supporting the blog help the publication of “Sympathy for the Devil.” The directions above are not clear. Can’t find the Paypal route for the book..