Thirty years after his death che guevara a revolutionary life gives an admirably balanced account of the argentine adventurer his real achieve ments and glamorous robin hood appeal an excellent guide to the myth behind the martyr the independent london. Che guevara a revolutionary life by jon lee anderson grove press 1997 814 pages in both its monumental size and the depth of its research jon lee andersons biography of che guevara appears definitive elegantly written and psychologically perceptive it would reward anybody with even a superficial interest in guevara. Jon andersons superb biography of ernesto che guevara will remain a seminal study of both guevara and of the cuban revolution through ches death in 1967 a classic narrative biography it certainly was not the first exploration of ches life and times. Che guevara byname of ernesto guevara de la serna born june 14 1928 rosario argentina died october 9 1967 la higuera bolivia theoretician and tactician of guerrilla warfare prominent communist figure in the cuban revolution 1956 59 and guerrilla leader in south america