Like Life During Wartime?
Join aNobii to see if your friends read it, and discover similar books!
Book Description
David Mingolla is one of many drug-pumped grunts slugging it out in the rotten jungles of Guatemala, an expendable pawn in an endless, amoral war. Then he meets Debora, an enigmatic young woman who may be working for the enemy, and stumbles into the deadly war zone of psychic conflict where the mindContinue
Book Details
-
Rating:




(2)
- English Books
- Paperback 432 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0575077344
- ISBN-13: 9780575077348
- Publisher: Gollancz
- Pub date: Jun 08, 2006
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover and eBook
Prices Change currency & sellers
| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780575077348 | Paperback | $11.25 | -- | The Book Depository |
| Other editions → | ||||
As much love as war
Many reviews out there on the Intertubes focus on the resonance of this tale with elements of the real Cold War, Reagan's interventions in Central America, and, of course, Vietnam. It has reflections of all these facets but for me this is above all a book about longing, and the dichotomy of self and ... (continue)
Many reviews out there on the Intertubes focus on the resonance of this tale with elements of the real Cold War, Reagan's interventions in Central America, and, of course, Vietnam. It has reflections of all these facets but for me this is above all a book about longing, and the dichotomy of self and the beloved, measures of the unrequited, and the morbid, persistent hold the external world has on our inner lives.
Is this helpful?