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A Flag For Sunrise

by Robert Stone · 1981

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An Astonishing Saga of Politics, War, and Americans Out of Place, by a National Book Award Winner! Possessed of astonishing dramatic, emotional, and philosophical resonance, A Flag for Sunriseis a novel in the grand tradition about Americans drawn into the maelstrom of a small Central American country on the brink of revolution. From the book's inception, readers will be seized by the dangers and nightmare suspense of life lived on the rim of a political volcano.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thiswar and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of this
Themes
revolutionrevolutionMore like thisLess of thisaddictionaddictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisCentral AmericaCentral AmericaMore like thisLess of thisLatin AmericaLatin AmericaMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 448 pages

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