An Interrupted Friendship
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The novel deals with events in South America during the time of "The Gadfly", years at which the original novel only hints.
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The younger son of a French marquis, Rene has joined a dangerous scientific expedition to earn the money to cure his sister Marguerite's hip disease.
During the expedition, he hires Arthur Burton, who is posing as a Portuguese cook Felice Rivarez. Rivarez ultimately saves the lives of several officers, including Rene, and the two become friends. The novel is deeply ambivalent about Rivarez and about the efficacy of struggle, labor, and courage.
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