When John Balthasar returns to Pamplona in 1983, he is still haunted by memories of his previous visit ten years earlier. While researching a magazine article he had become involved in an attempt to smuggle a Basque nationalist into France, but at the last minute his nerve had failed him.
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At 35, John Balthasar finds his life stale and his mental health deteriorating. A visit to Spain rekindles feelings of shame for having betrayed a Basque rebel ten years ago, and making amends to this man becomes paramount in his life. This decision leads him into a web of intrigue where the real and the fantastic interplay, turning what once was a vague gesture into a means of self-destruction. The settings are, appropriately, Spain, Miami, and New York, where personal crisis often manifests itself as public disaster: "The pain of America at dusk." Recommended. Joseph Levandoski, Free Lib. of Philadelphia
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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