Missionaries

'Expansive, explosive and epic' Marlon James
'A courageous book' New York Times Book Review

A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020

Neither Mason, a US Special Forces medic, nor Lisette, a foreign correspondent, has emerged from America's long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan unscathed. Yet, for them, war still exerts a terrible draw - the noble calling, the camaraderie, the life-and-death stakes. Where else in the world can such a person go?

All roads lead to Colombia, where the US has partnered with the local government to stamp out a vicious civil war and keep the predatory narco gangs at bay. Mason is ready for the good war, and Lisette is more than ready to cover it.

About the author

Phil Klay

Summary

A sweeping, momentous novel that shines a light on war, and the individual lives that go on long after the drones have left the skies, from the National Book Award-winning author of Redeployment

Foreword

A sweeping, momentous novel that shines a light on war, and the individual lives that go on long after the drones have left the skies, from the National Book Award-winning author of Redeployment

Report

[A] sweeping, searing, wrenching and wise addition to the great literature of America's postwar imperialism Guardian, Book of the Day

Product details

• Authors: Phil Klay, Klay Phil
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781838852351
• ISBN: 978-1-83885-235-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / War & Military, War & combat fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary