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Checkpoint / Jean-Christophe Rubin ; translated from the French by Alison Anderson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Europa Editions, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 300 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1609453727 (paperback)
  • 9781609453725 (paperback)
Uniform titles:
  • Check point. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: The four men who accompany Maud on an aid convoy couldn't be further from the cliched idea of humanitarian volunteers. One by one, they reveal the secret wounds that have brought them to this conflict zone, and the true nature of their cargo becomes clear.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Fiction Davis (Central) Library Fiction Collection Fiction Collection RUFI 1 Available T00625614
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Suspense and tense interpersonal dynamics characterize this taut bestselling novel set in the world of international humanitarian aid by Jean-Christophe Rufin, a co-founder of Doctors Without Borders.

The four men who accompany Maud on an aid convoy couldn't be further from the cliched idea of humanitarian volunteers. One by one, they reveal the secret wounds that have brought them to this conflict zone, and the true nature of their cargo becomes clear.

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Publishers Weekly Review

Set in Bosnia in 1995, at the height of the country's civil war, this taut thriller is distinguished by its literary polish and moral heft. Its plot follows the efforts of five French nationals to deliver humanitarian aid to the war-torn country in a two-truck convoy: Maud and Lionel have worked together previously for the relief organization La Tête d'Or; Marc and Alex are former soldiers who served in the country on the peacekeeping force; Vauthier is an unknown quantity whose behavior increasingly arouses Marc and Alex's suspicions. The deeper they penetrate into the country, the more hazardous the terrain and the more precarious the military checkpoints, which serve as apt symbols for the boundaries beyond which the relief mission transforms into something vastly different and more dangerous than originally planned. Rufin's (The Red Collar) characters are nuanced and believable, especially after the revelation of several deceptions breaks the team apart and forces members to choose alliances that mirror the much larger military conflict in which they're immersed. After a placid, reflective start, the novel's events snowball with a relentlessness that will keep readers turning pages until the surprise-packed ending. (May) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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