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Cannibals and missionaries

A committee of human rights advocates flies to Iran in 1975 to investigate charges of torture; on the same plane is a group of art collectors to visit Iranian museums and archaeological sites. The plane is hijacked, and both groups become hostages.

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  • "Een vliegtuig, onderweg van Parijs naar Iran, wordt gekaapt en een deel van de passagiers wordt in de Nederlandse Flevopolder in gijzeling gehouden."
  • "A committee of human rights advocates flies to Iran in 1975 to investigate charges of torture; on the same plane is a group of art collectors to visit Iranian museums and archaeological sites. The plane is hijacked, and both groups become hostages."
  • "A committee of human rights advocates flies to Iran in 1975 to investigate charges of torture; on the same plane is a group of art collectors to visit Iranian museums and archaeological sites. The plane is hijacked, and both groups become hostages."@en
  • "A riveting and unconventional thriller about a motley group of airplane passengers taken hostage by militant hijackers En route to Iran, a plane is captured by Middle Eastern terrorists intent on holding hostage the committee of politicians, religious leaders, and activists on a mission to investigate alleged human rights violations by the shah. But the kidnappers soon discover that there is a greater treasure onboard. Among the passengers are prominent art collectors with access to some of the world’s most valuable paintings—priceless works that could fund global terrorist activities for decades. After the captured plane sets down in a remote Dutch farming collective by the sea, events go rapidly and frighteningly awry. As negotiations with government agencies stall, concerns over rare artwork threaten to trump the regard for human life, and both captors and captives will face bitter truths about their conflicting values, manners, and ideologies as the ticking clock races inexorably toward an explosive endgame. Mary McCarthy’s masterful Cannibals and Missionaries is a remarkable novel of events and ideas that sheds light on the tragic foibles of human nature while exploring the terrorist psychology with supreme intelligence and insight. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Mary McCarthy including rare images from the author’s estate."@en

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  • "Fiction"
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  • "Romans (teksten)"
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  • "Suspense fiction"@en

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  • "Cannibals and missionaries"
  • "Cannibals and missionaries"@en
  • "Kannibalen en zendelingen : roman"
  • "Cannibals and missionaries. [Novel]"
  • "Cannibals and missionaries : a novel"@en
  • "Caníbales y misioneros"@ca
  • "Cannibals and Missionaries"
  • "Cannibals and Missionaries"@en
  • "Caníbales y misioneros novela"@es
  • "Kannibalen und Missionare Roman"
  • "Kannibalen und Missionare : Roman"
  • "Caníbales y misioneros : novela"
  • "Kannibalen und Missionare"
  • "Canibales y misioneros"

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