Cannibals and Missionaries

by Mary McCarthy

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Kannibalen en zendelingen

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To Roland and to the memory of Will Scarlett

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0151153876, Hardcover)

A suspenseful and sometimes horrifying novel of manners, whose plot and odd mix of characters combine to produce an unorthodox thriller about the hijacking of a Middle East-bound jetliner over France in early 1975. "Psychologically astute, ironic and ultimately heartbreaking"(Publishers Weekly).

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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.