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A boy struggling to come to grips with his father’s murder learns that compassion, not revenge, allows him to conquer his fears, and become the man his father wanted him to be. Tomas Delacorte is five years old when his murdered father’s ashes are brought home to Leon, Nicaragua. Avenging his father’s death becomes an obsession that follows Tomas into manhood, but when the murderer becomes the country’s dictator, and his best friend Fausto becomes a soldier in the dictator’s army, Tomas decides to withdraw to a quiet life in the city morgue. But when he falls in love with Milagros, a young guerilla fighter, Tomas realizes that vengeance comes in unexpected forms. The civil war that rages around him pushes Tomas towards an inexorable confrontation, as he must choose between his love for a woman, and his loyalty to a childhood friend. Of Giants and Other Men spans fifty years of Nicaragua’s recent history. It is the riveting story of the choices that rip apart a family and a country in the grip of a war that tests loyalty, love, and honor.
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"A beautifully realized novel that doesn't shy away from describing the horrors of war as well as life's moments of beauty."
"Peek manages to weave the 20th century history of Nicaragua together with a moving story of betrayal and redemption, without sacrificing the tale's descriptive beauty."
- Kirkus Reviews
"Of Giants and Other Men begins and ends with an untimely death, but the middle is where the reader is well, and truly, hooked... Recommended for fans of literary fiction."
- San Francisco Book Review
"Of Giants and Other Men is a sleeping giant, in and of itself. It promises much, evolves its plot slowly and carefully."
"Not a casual read."
- D. Donovan, Midwest Book Review
"Of Giants and Other Men has plenty of charm to it, as well as compelling dialogue and beautiful descriptions. It is a book that sticks."
"(...) a story about familial riffs, the contemplation of becoming like one's parent, and the question of how love comes about and why it ends. There's power in the tale of Tomas and Fausto".
- Portland Book Review
"Peek manages to weave the 20th century history of Nicaragua together with a moving story of betrayal and redemption, without sacrificing the tale's descriptive beauty."
- Kirkus Reviews
"Of Giants and Other Men begins and ends with an untimely death, but the middle is where the reader is well, and truly, hooked... Recommended for fans of literary fiction."
- San Francisco Book Review
"Of Giants and Other Men is a sleeping giant, in and of itself. It promises much, evolves its plot slowly and carefully."
"Not a casual read."
- D. Donovan, Midwest Book Review
"Of Giants and Other Men has plenty of charm to it, as well as compelling dialogue and beautiful descriptions. It is a book that sticks."
"(...) a story about familial riffs, the contemplation of becoming like one's parent, and the question of how love comes about and why it ends. There's power in the tale of Tomas and Fausto".
- Portland Book Review
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- Publication date2014
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- ISBN 13 9781942591009
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