Rhodesia's former white leader, Mr Ian Smith, has been stirred by the upheavals in Zimbabwe into rewriting his autobiography.
Three years ago, he published The Great Betrayal which became a bestseller. The title of his update says it all: Bitter Harvest: The Great Betrayal And The Dreadful Aftermath.
So his publisher was busy yesterday at the Frankfurt Book Fair drumming up business for the latest salvo from a man who was one of Africa's most controversial leaders.
"We have already had two South African publishing houses looking for a co-edition," said Ms Rosie Ries of London-based Blake Publishing, which brought out the revised autobiography in February.
Mr Smith was a world figure for 14 years after 1965 when he led 250,000 white Rhodesians in a Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain rather than accept black majority rule.
He fought an increasingly bloody seven-year war against guerrillas led by Mr Robert Mugabe and other black leaders until a ceasefire and political settlement in 1979.
Still a forceful and pithy media figure at 81, Mr Smith was not slow in coming forward with opinions after violence erupted in Zimbabwe in February.
Veterans of Zimbabwe's struggle for independence invaded white-owned farms across the country, claiming back land they say was illegally taken away by white colonists.
Mr Smith castigated Mr Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party, and warmly praised the main opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change.
Voting in the June elections, he said: "All I want to do is get rid of the present gangsters who have ruined our country."
At least 31 people, mostly opposition supporters, died in a wave of political violence in the run-up to the poll. Mr Mugabe's party narrowly won the election but lost the virtual monopoly on power it had held since independence in 1980.
Life returned to normal in Zimbabwe's townships after three days of violent protests against surging food prices, but political analysts said they expected the riots to erupt again. Buses and taxis were operating as usual in townships that had been no-go areas since Monday when the riots started, and people were going about their normal daily business.