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The last thing he wanted / by Joan Didion.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Fourth Estate, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 227 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780007454242
  • 0007454244
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.54
LOC classification:
  • PS 3554 D556l 2011
Summary: It is 1984 and rumbling of the Iran-Contra Affair are just beginning to stir. Large quantities of l;ethal weaponry are reaching the Nicaraguan Contras without the official sanction of the US government - but with its complicit knowledge. Meanwhile, out-of-work journalist Elena McMahon watches as her evasive, gruff father's life slowely ebbs away. Rudderless and lost, she feels compelled by a desire to understand him and resolves to do his bidding, to follow the action of Central America - by escorting a shipment of anti-personnel mines to a remote jungle. What begins as Elena's emotional journey soon becomes a cog in a much larger wheel, setting in motion a powerful political machine of intrigue and violence, political opportunism and murky underworld dealinga.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PS 3554 D556l 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000165017

Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996; London: Flamingo, 1997

It is 1984 and rumbling of the Iran-Contra Affair are just beginning to stir. Large quantities of l;ethal weaponry are reaching the Nicaraguan Contras without the official sanction of the US government - but with its complicit knowledge. Meanwhile, out-of-work journalist Elena McMahon watches as her evasive, gruff father's life slowely ebbs away. Rudderless and lost, she feels compelled by a desire to understand him and resolves to do his bidding, to follow the action of Central America - by escorting a shipment of anti-personnel mines to a remote jungle. What begins as Elena's emotional journey soon becomes a cog in a much larger wheel, setting in motion a powerful political machine of intrigue and violence, political opportunism and murky underworld dealinga.

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