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Dragged by force from his villagein the Bolivian highlands, Carlos Obregon is thrown into the Chaco War withlittle training and incompetent officers. Fighting in an unforgiving wasteland, Carlos needs all his resources tosurvive as the Bolivian Army suffers defeat after defeat. At war's end he swears to remedy theinjustice done to him and his fellow soldiers. At La Paz, Carlos participates in a secret army lodge which overthrows the civiliangovernment. After a promising start, themilitary junta falls back into the corruption of the previous regime, andCarlos realizes he must assume power in order to make real progress, even if itmeans betraying his Commanding Officer. Carlos begins an affair with anattractive blond German, who has traveled to Boliviaseeking news of her husband, reported as missing in action during the war, butwho was killed by Carlos. The situationbecomes even more complicated when Carlos' best friend falls in love with thesame woman. The novel recreates the chaos ofthe Chaco War, the turmoil in Bolivian politics which followed, the disaster of the Catavi massacre of miners, interwoven with a tragic lovetriangle, betrayal of friends, and an explosive revolution.
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Sidney Harris has spent most ofhis life working overseas, first in Latin America andthen in Europe. Hislove for Latin America began at Princeton University, where he graduated inLatin American Area Studies. After service in the U.S. Army, he lived in Peruand Mexico forfifteen years, traveling extensively throughout the region. He now resides in Dallasand has written three novels: Eye of the Condor; A Picnic in Eden; and To Lima with Love. He is the winner of the Best Novel Award ofthe Greater Dallas Writers' Association and the Rose Trilogy Award for Most Publishable Novel. The prologue of Eye of the Condor was previously published in Book Marks, Brown Books, Dallas, Texas.
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- PublisherAuthorHouse
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1418437549
- ISBN 13 9781418437541
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages276
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