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IN THE SHADOW OF THE VULTURE
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| By: |
George Ryga |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£14.99 |
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£12.37 |
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£2.62 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0889222339 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780889222335 |
| Availability: |
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| Publisher: |
TALON BOOKS,CANADA |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1985 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
Set in the desert at the Mexico-U.S. border, this novel deals with the hope and despair of immigrant labourers. |
| Synopsis: |
Set in the desert on either side of the Mexico-U.S. border, this harrowing novel was inspired by an actual event: the abandonment to starvation and death of a ? shipment" of Mexican immigrant workers. The sinister shadow of the vulture falls over every character in Ryga's story? Ramon, the flesh-merchant; Juan, the bandito; Anastasio, the defrocked priest; Sandy, the tormented Vietnam vet; Antonia, the ? puta" who can survive anything; Stretch, the neo-nazi chicken farmer. In a society as barren and relentless as the desert itself, all of them struggle for survival. Some of them make it. This is a novel that is not afraid to explore the depths of human despair, hope, and rage. It raises important questions about legal and spiritual aliens, and it lays bare the neo-conservative political strategy of the exploitation of labour as a solution to economic problems. |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
Talon Books,Canada |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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