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Chargement... Killing Che: A Novelpar Chuck Pfarrer
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Frederic Henry, Robert Jordan ... and now - Paul Hoyle. This was simply one helluva good read. Using mostly factual material, Pfarrer spins a yarn better than Harold Robbins did in his peak years in books like "The Carpetbaggers" and "The Adventurers." That's saying something, but it gets better. Not only does he breathe life back into the legendary revolutionary, Che Guevara, but I'm betting the farm that his fictional hero, Paul Hoyle, will one day be mentioned in the same breath with Hemingway's heroes, Robert Jordan and Frederic Henry. Hoyle is made that real, and the ill-fated affair with his own Maria will surely touch the hardest of hearts. Hoyle is a character worth remembering, and perhaps re-visiting. Pfarrer has taken history and turned it into lasting art. Bravo! aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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A rich, complex historical novel in the spirit of Graham Greene and John Le Carre, Killing Ché is a personal and political thriller that pits history's most infamous insurgent against a conflicted and world-weary CIA officer. The year is 1967; Vietnam is in flames and half a world away few realize that a firefight on a jungle road in Latin America is the beginning of a new and secret war. In the Ñancahuazú Valley of Bolivia international revolutionary Ché Guevara leads a band of guerillas determined to liberate a continent. Paul Hoyle, a CIA paramilitary officer, joins a team of operatives sent to crush the Bolivian insurgency. When a recovered backpack reveals that Che Guevara is in command of the rebels, the stage is set for a duel between world ideologies. This powerful, tragic story transports the reader into the heart of the Bolivian jungle and into a world of noble truth and glorious aspirations. Pfarrer writes of love and defeat, loyalty and betrayal, and the tragic death of an ideal. At the center of the struggle are two complex women who may hold the keys to each man's destiny: Tania, Che's crucial undercover operative and occasional lover who, unbeknownst to him, is a "deep placement" of the KGB; and Maria Agular, mistress of the Bolivian Minister of Information, whom Hoyle dares to trust with both information and his emotions. Pulsing with action, populated by rich characters, and filled with authoritative and inside details from the author, a counter insurgency expert, Killing Ché is a stunning recreation of a conflict that sealed the fate of one of the 20th century's most charismatic and controversial figures. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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After I finished the book I researched what was true and what was not. Reality was sadder. Strangely, Chuck's fictional book helped me understand the politics and the background of what was factual. ( )