Political fundraiser Draper Haere finds himself in over his head when he sets out to uncover the truth about a right-wing coup in Central America, hoping to reveal dirty secrets about his boss's opponent in the 1984 U.S. presidential election. Reprint.
Ross Thomas (1926 - 1995) war ein amerikanischer Autor und Journalist. In den fünfziger JAhren richtete er das deutsche AFN-Büro in Bonn ein und arbeitete als Journalist, Gewerkschaftssprecher und Public Relations- und Wahlkampfberater für Politiker in den USA. Seine vielfältigen Erfahrungen verarbeitete er in seinen Politthrillern, in denen er v.a. die Hintergründe des (amerikanischen) Politikbetriebs entlarvt und bloßstellt. Ihm wurde zweimal der Edgar Allen Poe Award und mehrmals der Deutsche Krimi Preis verliehen.
Über den Autor
Ross Thomas; Introduction by Roger L. Simon
Klappentext
Missionary Stew follows political fundraiser Draper Haere on a quest to uncover the secret behind a right-wing coup in an unnamed Central american country. He seeks the information in order to get dirt on his boss's opponent in the 1984 US Presidential election.
Haere's pursuit of the truth repeatedly puts Haere's life in danger, as the powers-that-be stop at nothing to keep the episode buried. Along the way, Haere carries on an affair with the wife of his candidate and enlists the aid of Morgan Citron, an almost-Pullitzer winning journalist who has recently been released from an African prison where the prisoners where fed human flesh--the titular missionary stew.
Together, Citron and Haere face up against cocaine traffickers, Latin American generals, corrupt US officials, and Citron's estranged, tabloid-publisher mother.
