A Flag for Sunrise

A Flag for Sunrise

by RobertStone (Author)

Synopsis

A Flag for Sunrise is a novel of Americans drawn into the maelstrom of Tecan, a small Central American country on the brink of revolution. At a mission on the coast a priest is lapsing into alcoholic mysticism, while a young American nun is veering towards commitment to the cause. In a bar in Brooklyn, Frank Holliwell is lunching with an old CIA friend who is begging for a favour. On the Tex-Mex border, Pablo, a Coast Guard deserter, loco on speed, is about to take a job carrying mysterious contraband to Tecan. As these lives converge, as this small, crowded world erupts, the novel builds to an electrifying climax.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 418
Edition: On Demand
Publisher: Picador
Published: 27 Mar 2014

ISBN 10: 1447267915
ISBN 13: 9781447267911
Book Overview: 'A novel of immense authority and force' Salman Rushdie

Media Reviews
`Destined to be one of the books that will justify our time at the bar of literary history' New Republic
`Hold on to your tricorn hat, or your cruciform, or your Uzi . . . Mr Stone kicks the brain around; we live in heresy; Satan prevails. A Flag for Sunrise is the best novel I've read since Dostoevsky escaped from Omsk' New York Times
`An ambitious adventure story about modern imperialism and modern morality . . . an action novel well garnished with scraps of wisdom and observation; Graham Greene and Hemingway are this book's tutelary gods' Sunday Times
`Stone is his own man, indentured to nobody in his ability to play on our nerves . . . it is now clear that Stone is the strongest novelist of the post-Vietnam era' Newsweek
Author Bio
Robert Stone is the award-winning author of several novels, including the bestsellers Outerbridge Reach and Damascus Gate.