Arturo Arias
Auteur de After the Bombs
A propos de l'auteur
Arturo Arias is director of Latin American studies at the University of Redlands in California.
Œuvres de Arturo Arias
Itzam na : novela 2 exemplaires
Los caminos de Paxil 1 exemplaire
Itzam Na 1 exemplaire
Itzam Na 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
And We Sold the Rain: Contemporary Fiction from Central America (1988) — Contributeur — 44 exemplaires
Die Berge hinter den Bergen : Geschichten aus Lateinamerika — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- male
- Lieux de résidence
- Austin, Texas, USA
Redlands, California, USA
Paris, France - Études
- L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes (PhD|Sociology of Literature)
- Organisations
- Latin American Studies Association
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Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 12
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 96
- Popularité
- #196,089
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 16
- Langues
- 1
Tom Wright is a CIA agent who has been sent to Guatemala with the mission of rescuing Mr. Gray, an Australian banker. He has supposedly been kidnapped by the EGP, a guerilla organization. Wright must deal with the Guatemalan government to complete his mission. His past catches up with him in the form of Sandra Herrera, the first love of his life. She has married into one of Guatemala’s most powerful families. Their sudden meeting causes Tom to lose his professional equilibrium and puts him in great danger.
Like many others in Guatemala, Herrera’s motives are murky, and she seems to have multiple connections (to the drug trade, the EGP and the oligarchy). Their rekindled relationship gets Tom in trouble with the Guatemalan army and the US Embassy, increasing the possibility of his own abduction by other guerilla groups who know of his presence.
This is a fine piece of writing. It’s a rather "quiet" spy novel, more Graham Greene than Tom Clancy. It does a good job of showing that people, even past loves, are not always what they seem. This is well worth reading.… (plus d'informations)