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1973: Young flames can have dark futures
1973: Young flames can have dark futures
It’s 1973, and Jewish-American Gabriel Lazris is sixteen years old and desperately in love with Caro Ravest, a Chilean Catholic. When the pair meet at a party in Santiago, something clicks. They fall fast, but with news of growing instability in Chile spreading even faster – partially thanks to Gabriel’s Nixon-loving newspaper editor dad – can they stay together amid political uncertainty?
Decades later, Gabriel’s American-raised adult daughter Nina heads to Buenos Aires in a last-ditch effort to save her dissertation. She quickly gets sidetracked: first by a sexy professor, then by a controversial book called Guerra Eterna. A document of war and an underground classic, Guerra Eterna destabilises Nina’s identity and drags Gabriel’s past into the light.
Santiago and Chile
The story of a family tangled up in America’s dirty history in 1970s Chile – there’s lots of politics, culture and geopolitical changes here but more than that – the human effects are the most revealing.
The author used many books and sources to research her novel but she mentions the CIA Diary of Philip Agee = Inside the Company as the book gave a window into the mindset of Cold Warriors operation in Latin America.
Destination/Location: Santiago and Chile Author: Lily Meyer Departure: 1973
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