At Play in the Fields of the Lord

In A Malarial Outpost In The South American Rain Forest Two Misplaced Gringos Converge And Clash In This Novel From The National Book Award-Winning Author. Martin Quarrier Has Come To Convert The Elusive Niaruna Indians To His Brand Of Christianity. Lewis Moon A Stateless Mercenary Who Is Himself Part Indian Has Come To Kill Them On The Behalf Of The LocalComandante. Out Of This Struggle Peter Matthiessen Creates An Electrifying Moral ThrillerAdapted Into A Movie Starring John Lithgow Kathy Bates And Tom Waits. A Novel Of Conradian RichnessAt Play In The Fields Of The LordExplores Both The Varieties Of Spiritual Experience And The Politics Of Cultural Genocide.