Cannibals And Missionaries

Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.

A gripping political thriller by one of America's most celebrated and intellectually sharp writers, Cannibals and Missionaries chronicles the harrowing hijacking of a plane carrying a group of liberal American politicians and a committee of journalists en route to investigate alleged atrocities in Iran. When Palestinian terrorists seize control of the aircraft, the hostage crisis quickly becomes a darkly ironic meditation on wealth, art, ideology, and moral compromise. McCarthy presents a razor-sharp dissection of Western liberal values under pressure, pitting the privileged world of art collectors against the ruthless logic of revolutionary politics. Written with McCarthy's trademark wit and psychological precision, the novel argues that the true cost of idealism is only revealed when civilised people are stripped of their comfortable certainties.