Day of the Dead.Day Of The Dead Marshall Brement Moyer Bell 459 Old North Road, Kingston, RI 02881 1559213876 $26.95 1-888-789-1945 www.moyerbellbooks.com Set in the 1960s, "Day of the Dead" is a political novel about a young Foreign Service Officer who comes to Saigon, Vietnam to be the Ambassador's Aide. Cast amid competing agents, a jaded jad·ed adj. 1. Worn out; wearied: "My father's words had left me jaded and depressed" William Styron. 2. general, a Catholic Bishop, Buddhist monks, a beautiful Vietnamese woman, an alluring Southern belle For other uses, see Southern Belle (disambiguation). A southern belle (derived from the French belle, 'beautiful') is an archetype for a young woman of the American Old South's antebellum upper class. and more, he strives to keep afloat of turbulent events as the assassination Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. of President Ngo Dinh Diem Ngo Dinh Diem: see Diem, Ngo Dinh. Ngo Dinh Diem (born Jan. 3, 1901, Quang Binh province, Viet.—died Nov. 2, 1963, Cho Lon, S.Viet.) President of South Vietnam (1955–63). and his brother lead to full-scale war. A dark saga of trans-cultural ignorance that led to destruction of human life, "Day of the Dead" is a powerful and gripping saga grounded heavily in history, and offers a striking metaphor for modern U.S. policy in the Middle East. |
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