RIGHT OF THIRST (PAPERBACK) IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Shattered by his wife's death, and by his own role in it, successful cardiologist Charles Anderson volunteers to assist with earthquake relief in an impoverished Islamic country in a constant state of conflict with its neighbor. But when the refugees he's come to help do not appear and artillery begins to fall in the distance along the border, the story takes an unexpected turn. This haunting, resonant tour de force about one man's desire to live a moral life offers a moving exploration of the tensions between poverty and wealth, the ethics of intervention, the deep cultural differences that divide the world, and the essential human similarities that unite it. Features Summary In this haunting, resonant novel, an American doctor's search for redemption lands him halfway across the world on a relief mission that goes horribly awry.. Author Frank Huyler Publisher HarperPerennial Release date 20090421 Pages 355 ISBN 0-06-168754-5 ISBN 13 978-0-06-168754-9