Adventure writing has a new frontier |
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wonderful work of nonfiction that demonstrates writing and risk
and writing in all their raging glory.”
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Wracked
by revolution, kidnappings, assassinations and the collateral damage
of being the world’s largest cocaine lab, Colombia always
held a certain allure for Matthew Thompson. Overregulated and understimulated Down Under, and sick of wondering what life could have been like, Matthew quits his job, farewells his family, and runs to the mad country. Weaving his way through frenzied carnivals, bull-runs, crack-houses, native magic, and encounters with armed gangs and paramilitaries, he becomes part of a world where the lines between friend and enemy, life and death, are often impossible to detect. And just when he thinks it’s time to turn back, he finds himself beyond the point of return. |
 
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