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The woman who lost her soul

"When the humanitarian lawyer Tom Harrington travels to Haiti to investigate the murder of a beautiful, seductive photojournalist, he is confronted with a dangerous landscape of poverty, corruption, and voodoo."--Publisher's website.

Main Author: Shacochis, Bob.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atlantic Monthly, Ã2013.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Americans > Haiti > Fiction.
Women journalists > Crimes against > Haiti > Fiction.
Philanthropists > Haiti > Fiction.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 > Fiction.
Haiti > History > American occupation, 1915-1934 > Fiction.
Haiti > History > 1986- > Fiction.
Spy stories > Haiti.
Suspense fiction > Haiti.
Summary: "When the humanitarian lawyer Tom Harrington travels to Haiti to investigate the murder of a beautiful, seductive photojournalist, he is confronted with a dangerous landscape of poverty, corruption, and voodoo."--Publisher's website.
Physical Description: 715 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN: 0802119824
9780802119827
Author Notes: Bob Shacochis is an American author and journalist. He was born in Pennsylvania on September 9, 1951, and grew up in McLean Virginia. He was educated at the University of Missouri, and the Iowa Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa. He currently teaches creative writing at Florida State University.

Shacochis's first collection of stories, Easy in the Islands won the National Book Award for first work of fiction. His second collection, The Next New World was awarded the Prix de Rome from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His novel, Swimming in the Volcano was a finalist for the 1993 National Book Award. Shacochis has been a contributing editor for Outside and Harper's, and has been a columnist and writer for several national publications, including GQ magazine.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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