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'To be unmoved by this novel is to be dead' - INDEPENENT ON SUNDAY 'Scott Anderson writes with grace and intelligence' - WASHINGTON POST 'A remarkable first novel' - NEWSDAY When American photo-journalist Mark Walsh is wounded by an artillery shell in Kurdistan, he finds himself a patient in a primitive local hospital where a man's future is decided by the random choice of a coloured chip. Desperate to survive, Mark fakes a recovery and returns to his girlfriend, Elena, in New York, but becomes crippled both physically and emotionally. Redemption takes the unlikely form of Dr Joaquin Morales, Elena's grandfather, whose persistent questioning finally uncovers the tragedy of Mark's role in Kurdistan and the frightening secret he is compelled to keep hidden. ADVENTURE SUSPENSE: WAR
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Review:
There's a whole lot of triage going on in Scott Anderson's debut novel. First, there is the triage at the small Kurdish hospital where Mark Walsh, a wounded American war photographer, has been brought, in the wake of a battle between Kurdish separatists and Iraqi troops: those men deemed unlikely to survive by the woefully overworked and underequipped doctor in charge are summarily shot. Then there is the triage Mark himself performs after returning to the States as he goes through his various shots, sorting out which images will make the cut. Finally, there is the central mystery of what Mark saw and did during his time in Kurdistan--events so traumatic they continue to haunt him even after his physical wounds have healed. Though there appears to be no medical reason for it, Mark can't walk, and his Spanish girlfriend, Elena, is eventually forced to accept help from her estranged grandfather, Joachim--a psychiatrist who helped "purify" the consciences of Franco's fascist officers following the Spanish civil war.
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Eventually the three travel together to Spain, where Mark, with Joachim's help, must face the secret he cannot bear to remember. As Joachim and Mark slowly forge a relationship with each other, they also strengthen their separate bonds to Elena. But as each man reveals his experience of war to the other, it becomes clear that when well-intentioned men commit evil acts--even for the best of reasons--there will always be a high price to pay.
Scott Anderson is a contributing editor at Harper's magazine and writes frequently for The New York Times Magazine. He is the author of The 4 O'Clock Murders and coauthor, with his brother Jon Lee Anderson, of Inside the League and War Zones. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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- PublisherUlverscroft
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0708941176
- ISBN 13 9780708941171
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages408
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