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      Under the Fifth Sun

      by Earl Shorris
      Published
      Jan 1980
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      622
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      This is a work of great scope, a powerful illumination of an enigmatic figure.
      Told from the point of view of an ancient shaman, this is the dark and mystical story of Mexico's greatest revolutionary general, Pancho Villa. Shedding the Hollywood mantle of the drunken, womanizing bandit-turned-hero, the Villa who comes to life in this extraordinary novel is part man and part myth, part visionary hoodlum and part brilliant general.


      A troubled childhood--marked by his father's early death in the fields and his sister's rape by a local landowner--and a prophetic dream propel young Villa through a period of lawlessness and drifting and into life as a military leader. The story moves convincingly through the events of Villa's life, showing him to be a man of fierce passions and moral conviction, a natural leader for the rebellion.

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      Oct 1993 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN13 9780393310832 ISBN10 0393310833
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      First Edition Jan 1980 Delacorte ISBN13 9780440093886 ISBN10 0440093880
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      Sep 1980 Delacorte ISBN13 9780385291187 ISBN10 0385291183
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      Jan 2012 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN13 9780393343724 ISBN10 0393343723
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      Jan 2012 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN10 B006VY2X4K
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