博客來The Hijack of Mercy is a work of creative nonfiction that confronts one of the most unsettling moral questions of the modern world: what happens when the law remains intact, but humanity fails?
Set against the backdrop of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, one of the twentieth century’s gravest humanitarian catastrophes, the book reconstructs the extraordinary story of Jean Ujin Paulquey, a young Frenchman whose conscience led him to a radical yet nonviolent act of intervention. As millions suffered and governments hesitated, Jean chose consequence over comfort forcing the international community to confront the fragile boundary between legality and moral responsibility.
Blending historical record, ethical inquiry, and narrative storytelling, Dr. Mohsin Ali examines the personal, political, and philosophical dimensions of an event that saved lives while igniting global debate. Through layered perspectives passengers, refugees, officials, scholars, and witnesses the narrative resists simple judgments and instead immerses readers in the complexity of moral courage under extreme conditions.
Neither a defense of illegality nor a celebration of spectacle, The Hijack of Mercy is a meditation on conscience, restraint, and responsibility in the face of institutional failure. It challenges readers to ask a timeless question: when waiting becomes a form of violence, who bears the duty to act?
This book will resonate with readers of narrative nonfiction, ethics, humanitarian studies, modern history, and anyone concerned with justice, moral courage, and the human cost of indifference.
