Cannibals and Missionaries: A NovelOpen Road Media, 06/08/2013 - 369 من الصفحات DIVDIVA riveting and unconventional thriller about a motley group of airplane passengers taken hostage by militant hijackers/divDIV En route to Iran, a plane is captured by Middle Eastern terrorists intent on holding hostage the committee of politicians, religious leaders, and activists on a mission to investigate alleged human rights violations by the shah. But the kidnappers soon discover that there is a greater treasure onboard. Among the passengers are prominent art collectors with access to some of the world’s most valuable paintings—priceless works that could fund global terrorist activities for decades./divDIV After the captured plane sets down in a remote Dutch farming collective by the sea, events go rapidly and frighteningly awry. As negotiations with government agencies stall, concerns over rare artwork threaten to trump the regard for human life, and both captors and captives will face bitter truths about their conflicting values, manners, and ideologies as the ticking clock races inexorably toward an explosive endgame./divDIV Mary McCarthy’s masterful Cannibals and Missionaries is a remarkable novel of events and ideas that sheds light on the tragic foibles of human nature while exploring the terrorist psychology with supreme intelligence and insight./divDIV This ebook features an illustrated biography of Mary McCarthy including rare images from the author’s estate./divDIV/div/div |
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Aachen Ahmed Aileen Air France aisle Arab asked Beryl Bishop Cameron Carey Carlos Cézannes Charles collectors committee comrades course dear demand Denise Dutch Elfride eyes fact feel felt Flevoland Frank German girl Greet guess hand harmonium Harold head hear heard Helen helicopter Henk hijackers Holland Horst hostages hostess interest Iran Jeroen Jim Carey Johnnie Kampe kapers Kenwood House knew laugh Lenz Lily look Margaret Marie Laurencin MARY McCARTHY AUTHOR mind Miss morning museum NATO never night nodded paintings passengers picture pilot plane polder prisoners rabbi rector Reverend Rijksmuseum Sadegh Sapphire SAVAK Schiphol seat seemed Senator Shah Simmons Sophie stood sure talk tape Teheran television tell terrorists thing thought Titian toilet told turned Vermeer Victor Vliet de Jonge voice waiting watched wife woman wonder young Yusuf