The Country I Lived In - Hardcover

Teran, Boston

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1567030610 ISBN 13: 9781567030617

Publisher: High-Top Publishing LLC, 2014

Synopsis

The time is 1955—the birth of rock and roll, the Beat Generation, and social rebellion. It is also the era of covert operations and clandestine governmental actions. War hero John Rawbone Lourdes, grandson of an infamous American outlaw and assassin, and son of a renowned agent for the Bureau of Investigation sets off on an odyssey through Texas and into Mexico, to uncover one of the most foreboding true conspiracies of the time. It is a profound novel of social protest and the violence and treachery committed to crushing it. The Country I Lived In is also a moving personal story about love and loyalty—loyalty to a woman, to one’s friends, to one’s nation, and ultimately to the truth—and how all three may well be in conflict with each other.

About this title

About the Author:

The winner of numerous international literary awards, some say Boston Teran is a man, others say a woman, yet others claim the author is a small group of writers working together to create provocative and moving literature. The author has not only been compared to the great novelists, but to famous painters, composers and filmmakers because of a unique and dramatic voice.

Review:

John Rawbone Lourdes, WWII and Korean War vet and grandson of a notorious outlaw, hits the road in his Packard to explore the country. The year is 1955 and the Cold War dominates the political landscape, with clandestine government ops infiltrating all levels of public discourse, helping to create its own sanitized narrative and suppressing voices of dissent at all costs. Lourdes goes to visit an old friend in Texas who's called for help, only to find that the man has been tortured and assassinated by CIA agents...This is not only top notch literary fiction but important social history that has profound implications today. I've been a fan of the fearless Teran's work since his first book, GOD IS A BULLET. If you like writers such as James Carlos Blake, B. Traven and James Ellroy, you won't want to miss this one... --Patrick Millikin The Poisoned Pen

About this edition

• Publisher: High-Top Publishing LLC
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1567030610
• ISBN 13: 9781567030617
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280