Hostage

This was a quick, compelling read although not that much actually happens in it? There's a lot of just kind of the day to day drudgery of, well, being held hostage.

I understand it was a personal narrative as-told-to Guy Lelisle–I kind of wish it had a little more backmatter or something to give a little more historical context to the story? (I understand that for Christophe André, in the moment, it was confusing and he wasn't sure exactly why he was being held hostage, but at the end of the book...I wasn't, especially, either? I know I don't know a lot about Chechen rebels, but I have to suspect...that a lot of American readers don't either? And I know this is a translated import, so maybe the average French reader knows more? But, uh...well anyway I guess I'm off to Wikipedia.)