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The Eagle's Throne

Autor: Carlos Fuentes, Kristina Cordero
Limbă: engleză
Legare: Carte broșată
Editura: Random House Inc
Disponibilitate: În depozitul extern
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83.32 lei
Here is a true literary event-the long-awaited new novel by Carlos Fuentes, one of the world's great...

Informații despre carte

Autor
Carlos Fuentes, Kristina Cordero
Limbă
engleză
Legare
Carte - Carte broșată
Publicat
2007
Pagini
336
EAN
9780812972559
ISBN
0812972554
Enbook ID
11533740
Editura
Random House Inc
Greutate
259
Dimensiuni
135 x 202 x 19

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Here is a true literary event-the long-awaited new novel by Carlos Fuentes, one of the world's great writers. By turns a tragedy and a farce, an acidic black comedy and an indictment of modern politics, The Eagle's Throne is a seriously entertaining and perceptive story of international intrigue, sexual deception, naked ambition, and treacherous betrayal.In the near future, at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Mexico's idealistic president has dared to vote against the U.S. occupation of Colombia and Washington's refusal to pay OPEC prices for oil. Retaliation is swift. Concocting a "glitch" in a Florida satellite, America's president cuts Mexico's communications systems-no phones, faxes, or e-mails-and plunges the country into an administrative nightmare of colossal proportions. Now, despite the motto that "a Mexican politician never puts anything in writing," people have no choice but to communicate through letters, which Fuentes crafts with a keen understanding of man's motives and desires. As the blizzard of activity grows more and more complex, political adversaries come out to prey. The ineffectual president, his scheming cabinet secretary, a thuggish and ruthless police chief, and an unscrupulous, sensual kingmaker are just a few of the fascinating characters maneuvering and jockeying for position to achieve the power they all so desperately crave. "From the Hardcover edition."

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