The Snake Tree

Timm, Uwe

ISBN 10: 0330305123 / ISBN 13: 9780330305129

Published by Picador/Pan Books, 1988

About this Item

281 pages. Trade paperback. Translated By Peter Tegel. Tight and clean. Spine creased and paper yellow.

Seller Inventory # T100114T024

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Snake Tree
• Publisher: Picador/Pan Books
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330305123
• ISBN 13: 9780330305129
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Novel

About this title

Synopsis

After running over an Acaray snake in South America, Wagner's luck changes and he becomes engulfed in a web of mayhem.

From the Back Cover

Wagner, an all-efficient German engineer, takes in hand the job of rescuing a floundering construction project in the South American rain forest. But before he even reaches the site, his car runs over an emerald-green Acaray snake--marking him, according to local beliefs, for death. Things go from bad to worse. Wagner's slowly degenerating colleagues are useless; his attempts to help the workers bring on a strike that the military regime suppresses; and he botches up the Company's delicate system of bribery. The building is sinking into the red mud faster than it is being built. Losing ground, Wagner tensely observes himself losing balance and events take an ugly turn.