Exceptional Circumstances
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Autumn, 1970: Hostage-taking separatists in Quebec abduct a foreign diplomat and a cabinet minister and threaten violence across the country. As fear sets in, the government turns to Luc Cadotte, a specialist on international terrorism and veteran of the clandestine struggles in Latin America.
From the jungles of Colombia to Montreal under siege, former diplomat James Bartleman plots a turbulent thriller based on events he witnessed first-hand. Swerving between fanatical ideologues and crass careerists with bloody hands, Cadotte has to choose sides when they all seem dirty, and put everything on the line in a crisis that puts all that he stands for to the test.
Customer Reviews
Exceptional Circumstances
This was a pretty good novel, loosely based on many true events. The section of the book that dealt with the FLQ crisis was especially well done, and it dredged up some rather sad and frightening memories of a bygone time, when I was but a lad of ten. The images evoked and the fast decisions that surely must have had to be made were quite gut-wrenching for all involved. I would recommend this book to anybody interested in Canadian politics and bureaucracy.