{"product_id":"missionaries-1","title":"Missionaries","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMissionaries\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003ePhil Klay\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781984880659\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2020\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e416\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of President Obama's Favorite Books of the Year \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Ten Best Books of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMissionaries\u003c\/i\u003e is a courageous book: It doesn't shy away, as so much fiction does, from the real world.\" --Juan Gabriel Vásquez, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A sweeping, interconnected novel of ideas in the tradition of Joseph Conrad and Norman Mailer . . . By taking a long view of the 'rational insanity' of global warfare, \u003ci\u003eMissionaries\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly fills one of the largest gaps in contemporary literature.\" \u003ci\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe debut novel from the National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eRedeployment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA group of Colombian soldiers prepares to raid a drug lord's safe house on the Venezuelan border. They're watching him with an American-made drone, about to strike using military tactics taught to them by U.S. soldiers who honed their skills to lethal perfection in Iraq. In \u003ci\u003eMissionaries\u003c\/i\u003e, Phil Klay examines the globalization of violence through the interlocking stories of four characters and the conflicts that define their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Mason, a U.S. Army Special Forces medic, and Lisette, a foreign correspondent, America's long post-9\/11 wars in the Middle East exerted a terrible draw that neither is able to shake. Where can such a person go next? All roads lead to Colombia, where the US has partnered with local government to keep predatory narco gangs at bay. Mason, now a liaison to the Colombian military, is ready for the good war, and Lisette is more than ready to cover it. Juan Pablo, a Colombian officer, must juggle managing the Americans' presence and navigating a viper's nest of factions bidding for power. Meanwhile, Abel, a lieutenant in a local militia, has lost almost everything in the seemingly endless carnage of his home province, where the lines between drug cartels, militias, and the state are semi-permeable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on six years of research in America and Colombia into the effects of the modern way of war on regular people, Klay has written a novel of extraordinary suspense infused with geopolitical sophistication and storytelling instincts that are second to none. \u003ci\u003eMissionaries\u003c\/i\u003e is a window not only into modern war, but into the individual lives that go on long after the drones have left the skies.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Press","offers":[{"title":"Missionaries | Phil Klay | Hardcover | 9781984880659 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks A 1774300","offer_id":49674911449240,"sku":"1774300","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71a-KkOYS8L.jpg?v=1786561498","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/missionaries-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}