The Triumph of Evil : Europa Edizioni Srl : 9791220145428 : 25 Apr 2024 : The Triumph of Evil is a story about systems and bureaucracies failing those whom they have been set up to serve. It could just as well have been written about a Catholic Church unable to come to terms with the plague of paedophilia, a Bush administration denying the tortures conducted in Abu Ghraib, or even the light-hearted way in which British politicians and officials of the Boris Johnson government partied while so many families grieved alone during the COVID pandemic. While this tale could be viewed as a critique of the United Nations, it is much more than that. It is about individuals in positions of responsibility feeling comfortable doing nothing when confronted with horrors and suffering. Individuals who have lost their understanding that institutions are made up of individuals and if these individuals do not act, institutions will fail. The Genocide in Rwanda plays a central role, but the narrator ta