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      At Play in the Fields of the Lord

      by Peter Matthiessen
      Published
      Jan 1983
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      In a malarial outpost in the South American rain forest, two misplaced gringos converge and clash in this novel from the National Book Award-winning author. Martin Quarrier has come to convert the elusive Niaruna Indians to his brand of Christianity. Lewis Moon, a stateless mercenary who is himself part Indian, has come to kill them on the behalf of the local comandante. Out of this struggle Peter Matthiessen creates an electrifying moral thriller—adapted into a movie starring John Lithgow, Kathy Bates, and Tom Waits. A novel of Conradian richness, At Play in the Fields of the Lord explores both the varieties of spiritual experience and the politics of cultural genocide.

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      First Edition Jan 1983 Bantam ISBN13 9780553208481 ISBN10 0553208489
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      Nov 1987 Vintage ISBN13 9780394750835 ISBN10 0394750837
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