From back cover:

"Dionisio Vivo, a young South American lecturer in philosophy, is puzzled by the hideously mutilated corpses that keep turning up outside his front door. To his friend, Ramon, one of the few honest policemen in town, the message is all too clear: Dionisio's letters to the press, exposing the drug barons, must stop; and although Dionisio manages to escape the hit-men sent to get him, he soon realises that others are more vulnerable, and his love for them leads him to take a colossal revenge."

Coca trade is a pretty rough subject for a novel. Book turned out to be pretty good one, cruelty of coca trade combined with some kind of cultural mysticism and tales of a made-up (I'm guessing) Southern American country. The author is probably best known of his beautiful novel: Captain Corelli's Mandolin :)

I'll take this to the meeting 17.6.09.

I took this with me from the local meeting.

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This book was sent to a winner of a sweepstake! Congratulations and enjoy!

I have been priviliged to meet Louis de Bernieres a few times and love reading his books. Thank you so much.