An American Sojourn

An American Sojourn is a novel in three parts: Tourists, Denizens, and Victims.Each part describes the same seventeen days in the cloud forests and cities ofColombia in April 2002. From the kidnapping of an American eco-tourismoperator in Venezuela to the launching of a nationwide counterinsurgencyoperation by an elite, secretive unit of the Colombian Army, An AmericanSojourn is a compelling and suspenseful story of adventure and misadventure,romance, and current affairs in contemporary Colombia. It is also a thoughtfuland insightful portrait of the contrasts and complexities of a nation of peopletrying to live ordinary lives in extraordinary times.