The Last Thing He Wanted

The Last Thing He Wanted

In her first novel in twelve years, the legendary author of Play It As It Lays and Slouching Toward Bethlehem trains her eye on the far frontiers of the Monroe Doctrine, where history dissolves into conspiracy (Dallas in 1963, Iran Contra in 1984), and fashions a moral thriller as hypnotic and provacative as any by Joseph Conrad or Graham Greene.

In that latter year Elena McMahon walks off the presidential campaign she has been covering for a major newspaper to do a favor for her father. Elena's father does deals. And it is while acting as his agent in one such dealâ€”a deal that shortly goes spectacularly wrongâ€”that she finds herself on an island where tourism has been superseded by arms dealing, covert action, and assassination. The Last Thing He Wanted is a tour de forceâ€”persuasive in its detail, dazzling in its ambiguities, enchanting in its style.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0679752854_used
Color White
ReleaseDate 1997-09-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780679752851

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