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The Hot Country
Robert Olen Butler
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Description for The Hot Country
Paperback. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
A Christopher Marlowe Cobb Thriller
War correspondent Christopher Marlowe 'Kit' Cobb arrives in Vera Cruz, Mexico, to cover the country's civil war. A passionate believer in the power of a free press and the moral superiority of the United States, Kit is no mere observer. He assumes a false identity to pursue German diplomat Friedrich von Mensinger en route to a meeting with revolutionary leader Pancho Villa, and the correspondent soon finds himself up to his neck in political intrigue. Along the way he's nearly shot by a mysterious sniper, joins forces with a double agent and falls in love ... Read more
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Publisher
No Exit Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
246g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843445630
SKU
V9781843445630
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Ref
99-95
About Robert Olen Butler
Robert Olen Butler is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, and sixteen other novels including Hell, A Small Hotel, Perfume River, and the Christopher Marlowe Cobb series. He is also the author of six short story collections and a book on the creative process, From Where You Dream. He has twice won a National ... Read more
Reviews for The Hot Country
The Hot Country draws on many elements of the traditional adventure yarn, including disguises, fist fights and foot races, double agents and alluring young women who may be honey traps or spies... though in prose that has been written with serious attention... this first report makes you want to read on into the war correspondent's second edition
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