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Mitchell Wilson, American expatriate and economist for the Ministry of Agriculture on the Caribbean island of St. Catherine, becomes unwittingly embroiled in a savage war between rival political coalitions. At the same time, Johanna, an old flame of Mitchell's, suddenly appears on the island.
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"Scores of island people, from conspiring politicians to barbers on the beach, sprawl across the pages like oleander and hibiscus . . . each of [the book's] scenes is expertly wrought."
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A contributing editor for Outside and Harper's, Bob Shacochis has been a GQ columnist and writer for numerous other national publications. He is also the author of the novel, Swimming in the Volcano, a work of literary reportage about Haiti, The Immaculate Invasion, a second collection of stories, The Next New World, and a collection of essays on food and love, Domesticity. He lives in Florida and New Mexico.
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0330331876
- ISBN 13 9780330331876
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages528
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SWIMMING IN THE VOLCANO.
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