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In search of Victor
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Victor Jara is a Chilean singer, poet and folk hero. He was alsoÌýone of the many executed during General Pinochet's military coup in 1973.ÌýÌýÌý
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Tony Corden, a musician and psychiatric nurse, is one of Victor's most loyal devotees, and last year he made a pilgirmage from South Wales to Chile to immerse himself in his musical hero's home culture.ÌýHis journey turned out not to be what he expected.ÌýÌý
In Chile he met two buskers withÌýthe unlikely names of Kevin and Felix.Ìý He was persuaded to cross into Peru to help save Kevin's marriage through the medium ofÌýthe BeatlesÌýclassic, Let It Be.ÌýÌý
Tony tells Tom about his strange experiences...Ìý
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