{"product_id":"brief-encounters-with-che-guevara-stories","title":"Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories","description":"The well-intentioned protagonists of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara are caught - to both disastrous and hilarious effect - in the maelstrom of political and social upheaval surrounding them. In \"Near-Extinct Birds of the Central Cordillera,\" an ornithologist being held hostage in the Colombian rain forest finds that he respects his captors for their commitment to a cause, until he realizes that the Revolution looks a lot like big business. In \"The Good Ones Are Already Taken,\" the wife of a Special Forces officer battles a Haitian voodoo goddess with whom her husband is carrying on a not-entirely-spiritual relationship. And in \"The Lion's Mouth,\" a disillusioned aid worker makes a Faustian bargain to become a diamond smuggler for the greater good. With masterful pacing and a robust sense of the absurd, each story in Brief Encounters with Che Guevara is a self-contained adventure, steeped in the heady mix of tragedy and danger, excitement and hope, that characterizes countries in transition.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0061438421\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0061438421.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Fountain, Ben\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43334838943805,"sku":"BVV.0061438421.VG","price":6.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0061438421-0.jpg?v=1783706638","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/brief-encounters-with-che-guevara-stories","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}