Peacekeeping
(Book)
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New York : Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
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Published
New York : Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Format
Book
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372 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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"Hilary Mantel called Fieldwork "a quirky, often brilliant debut, bounced along by limitless energy, its wry tone not detracting from its thoughtfulness." Stephen King said it was "a story that cooks like a mother." Now Mischa Berlinski returns with his second novel, Peacekeeping, an equally enthralling story of love, politics, and death in the world's most intriguing country. When Terry White, a former deputy sheriff and a failed politician, goes broke in the 2007-2008 financial crisis, he takes a job working for the UN, helping to train the Haitian police. He's sent to the remote town of J©♭r©♭mie, where there are more coffin makers than restaurants, more donkeys than cars, and the dirt roads all slope down sooner or later to the postcard sea. Terry is swept up in the town's complex politics when he befriends an earnest, reforming American-educated judge. Soon he convinces the judge to oppose the corrupt but charismatic Senateur Maxim Bayard in an upcoming election. When Terry falls in love with the judge's wife, the electoral drama threatens to become a disaster. Tense, atmospheric, tightly plotted, and surprisingly funny, Peacekeeping confirms Berlinski's gifts as a storyteller. Like Fieldwork, it explores a part of the world that we neither understand nor control--and takes us into the depths of the human soul, where the thirst for power and the need for love can overrun judgment and morality"--,Provided by publisher.
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"A UN policeman in Haiti gets caught up in a web of corruption"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Berlinski, M. (2016). Peacekeeping (First edition.). Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Berlinski, Mischa, 1973-. 2016. Peacekeeping. Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Berlinski, Mischa, 1973-. Peacekeeping Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Berlinski, Mischa. Peacekeeping First edition., Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
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