A Soldier of the Revolution [Hardcover]

Ward Just (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1970

Ward Just took time off from the editorial page of The Washington Post to write his first novel, A Soldier of the Revolution, the story of a young man who is sent to South America to work for an American corporation and finds himself drawn into a local insurgency movement. Michael Reardon, easygoing and contemplative, passes his days in the high plateau of a South American country gathering information that disappears into the maw of a cosmetics company's scholarly foundation. His slow, easy, and aimless life is interrupted when he is kidnapped by a ragtag bunch of guerillas who plan to hijack the local radio station and broadcast to the local Indians news of the impending revolution. All of the hallmarks and concerns of Just's fiction are evident in A Soldier of the Revolution. The nature of integrity, the American imperial experience, and the often curious circumstances of fate are all addressed in Just's intelligent, graceful style.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Ward Just is the author of twelve novels, including A Dangerous Friend, the National Book Award finalist Echo House, and Jack Gance. In 1999, Just was recently named one of the first recipients of a Berlin Prize Fellowship from the American Academy. He lives in Martha's Vineyard with his wife, Sarah Catchpole. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 223 pages
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; 1st edition (1970)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0006CPHZU
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,912,001 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

WARD JUST is the author of fifteen previous novels, including the National Book Award finalist Echo House, A Dangerous Friend, winner of the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for fiction from the Society of American Historians, and An Unfinished Season, winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Award and a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize.