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050	0	0	_aPS3619.P87 _bL48 2013
082	0	0	_aFIC SPU
100	1		_aSpurgeon, Michael
245	1	0	_aLet the water hold me down _c/ Michael Spurgeon
300			_a360 pages _c; 23 cm
504			_aFirst U.S. edition
520			_aStill reeling from the loss of his family in an accident that he feels responsible for causing, Hank Singer accepts an invitation to move to the isolated and beautiful state of Chiapas. There, in the streets and cafes of a colonial city nestled in the mountain forests, he settles into the semblance of a new life under the watchful eye of his best friend and former college roommate, Cesar, the charismatic heir to one of Mexicos most powerful families.But when an army of impoverished Indians calling themselves Zapatistas emerges from the jungle to seize half the state, Hank finds himself a foreigner trapped in someone elses war. The repercussions of the decisions he makes--and does not make--threaten to shatter both his friendship and the renewed life he has found in the Mexican highlands.In the tradition of Graham Greenes The Quiet American and Ernest Hemingways A Farewell to Arms, LET THE WATER HOLD ME DOWN weaves real historical events into a riveting personal narrative about a man who finds himself caught up in a political landscape beyond his control.
650		4	_aAmericans _z-Mexico _v--Fiction
651			_aChiapas (Mexico) _x-History _y-Peasant uprising, 1994 _v--Folklore
942			_cMO
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