{"product_id":"missionariesbooks","title":"Missionaries","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of President Obama's Favorite Books of the Year | \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book |\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Ten Best Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Missionaries\u003c\/i\u003e is a courageous book: It doesn’t shy away, as so much fiction does, from the real world.” —Juan Gabriel Vásquez, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A sweeping, interconnected novel of ideas in the tradition of Joseph Conrad and Norman Mailer . . . By taking a long view of the ‘rational insanity’ of global warfare, \u003ci\u003eMissionaries\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly fills one of the largest gaps in contemporary literature.” \u003ci\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe debut novel from the National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eRedeployment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA group of Colombian soldiers prepares to raid a drug lord's safe house on the Venezuelan border. They're watching him with an American-made drone, about to strike using military tactics taught to them by U.S. soldiers who honed their skills to lethal perfection in Iraq. In \u003ci\u003eMissionaries\u003c\/i\u003e, Phil Klay examines the globalization of violence through the interlocking stories of four characters and the conflicts that define their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Mason, a U.S. Army Special Forces medic, and Lisette, a foreign correspondent, America's long post-9\/11 wars in the Middle East exerted a terrible draw that neither is able to shake. Where can such a person go next? All roads lead to Colombia, where the US has partnered with local government to keep predatory narco gangs at bay. Mason, now a liaison to the Colombian military, is ready for the good war, and Lisette is more than ready to cover it. Juan Pablo, a Colombian officer, must juggle managing the Americans' presence and navigating a viper's nest of factions bidding for power. Meanwhile, Abel, a lieutenant in a local militia, has lost almost everything in the seemingly endless carnage of his home province, where the lines between drug cartels, militias, and the state are semi-permeable. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on six years of research in America and Colombia into the effects of the modern way of war on regular people, Klay has written a novel of extraordinary suspense infused with geopolitical sophistication and storytelling instincts that are second to none. \u003ci\u003eMissionaries\u003c\/i\u003e is a window not only into modern war, but into the individual lives that go on long after the drones have left the skies.","brand":"Klay, Phil","offers":[{"title":"Hardback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":44019924828384,"sku":"","price":22.2,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_9196f086-8970-45e1-aaa7-1736529469e7.jpg?v=1684509177","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/missionariesbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}