Caputo, Philip <br/><br/>
Acts of faith ;  a novel 
/ Philip Caputo. 
 - New York  : Vintage Books  , 2005. 
 - 669 p.  ; 21 cm. 
<br/><br/> The stories of pilots, aid workers, missionaries, and renegades struggling to relieve the misery wrought by the civil war in Sudan. The hearts of these men and women are in the right place, but as they plunge into a well of moral corruption for which they are ill-prepared, their hidden flaws conspire with circumstances to turn their strengths - bravery, compassion, daring, and empathy - into weaknesses. In pursuit of noble ends, they make ethical compromises; their altruism curdles into self-righteous zealotry and greed, entangling them in a web of conspiracies that leads, finally, to murder.  In a harsh yet alluring landscape, these and other vividly realized characters act out a drama of modern-day Africa. Grounded in the reality of today's headlines, Acts of Faith is a captivating novel of human complexity that combines seriousness with all the seductive pleasure of a masterly thriller. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780375725975 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human rights workers ---Fiction<br/>Americans---Sudan ---Fiction<br/>Conspiracies----Fiction<br/>Violence----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Sudan----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Psychological fiction<br/>Political fiction
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3553.A625  / A626 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>FIC CAP