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Scribner
April 2019
On Sale: April 2, 2019
320 pages
ISBN: 1501128329
EAN: 9781501128325
Kindle: B017I25CKA
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Mystery
A βcanny, funny, impressively detailed debut novelβ (The New York Times) that blurs the lines between life and art with the story of a film directorβs unthinkable experiment in the Amazon jungle. When a nameless, struggling actor in 1970s New York gets the call that an enigmatic director wants him for an art film set in the Amazon, he doesnβt hesitate: he flies to South America, no questions asked. He quickly realizes heβs made a mistake. Heβs replacing another actor who quit after seeing the scriptβa script the director now claims doesnβt exist. The movie is over budget. The production team seems headed for a breakdown. The air is so wet that the celluloid film disintegrates. But what the actor doesnβt realize is that the greatest threat might be the town itself, and the mysterious shadow economy that powers this remote jungle outpost. Entrepreneurial Americans, international drug traffickers, and M-19 guerillas are all fighting for South Americaβs futureβand the groups arenβt as distinct as you might think. The actor thought this would be a role that would change his life. Now heβs worried if heβll survive it. This βgripping, ambitiousβ¦vivid, scary novelβ (Publishers Weekly) is a thrilling journey behind the scenes of a shocking film and a thoughtful commentary on violence and its repercussions.
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