A Dangerous Friend
A major novel by the author of Echo House, set in Indochina in 1965. Sydney Parade, a trained political scientist, runs away to Saigon in an effort to become something larger than himself--and begins--but only begins--to understand something of the complexities of Western survival in the Third...
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A major novel by the author of Echo House, set in Indochina in 1965. Sydney Parade, a trained political scientist, runs away to Saigon in an effort to become something larger than himself--and begins--but only begins--to understand something of the complexities of Western survival in the Third World.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780618056705 (061805670X)
Publish date: April 19th 2000
Publisher: Mariner Books
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
It's kind of a left-handed compliment but this leaves little disbelief to be suspended. It's so low-key, a trick for a plotline that, rightly appreciated, is devastating.Ward Just is really an excellent writer and his characters are well-drawn. Still, just three stars. Very solid but I would have ap...
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