STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 19, 2020 • 13 min read
History Witnessing tragedy: Journalist Jon Swain revisits 1970s Phnom Penh
By
Alexi Demetriadi
• Aug 19, 2020
With Jon Swain’s cult memoir River of Time set to be adapted for the big screen, the author returns to his time in 1970s Indochina, where he witnessed death and destruction in Vietnam, the Fall of Phnom Penh and the rise of the Khmer Rouge