| At Play in the Fields of the Lord Contributor(s): Matthiessen, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679737413 ISBN-13: 9780679737414 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $19.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1991 Annotation: Set in the South American jungle, this thriller follows the clash between two misplaced gringos--one who has come to convert the Indians to Christianity, and one who has been hired to kill them. Now the basis for a major motion picture. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Thrillers - Historical - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 91050228 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.26" W x 7.96" (0.82 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a malarial outpost in the South American rain forest, two misplaced gringos converge and clash in this novel from the National Book Award-winning author. Martin Quarrier has come to convert the elusive Niaruna Indians to his brand of Christianity. Lewis Moon, a stateless mercenary who is himself part Indian, has come to kill them on the behalf of the local comandante. Out of this struggle Peter Matthiessen creates an electrifying moral thriller--adapted into a movie starring John Lithgow, Kathy Bates, and Tom Waits. A novel of Conradian richness, At Play in the Fields of the Lord explores both the varieties of spiritual experience and the politics of cultural genocide. |