Innocent Darkness

by Edward R.F. Sheehan

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140174761
• ISBN13: 9780140174762
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Making a difference

This is an original portrayal of a man that tries to make a difference in the lives of Mexican refugees. He encounters all types of refugees, the drug addicts, glue-sniffers, prostitutes, children, but the one thing they have in common is their desperation. Moved by his own personal tortures, he risks everything to help them. In the process, he ends up in a Mexican prison, which is ironic as he is trying to help the very people who imprison him. Coming from a wealthy family, he uses his resources to continue his efforts to assist the refugees, only to provoke the wrath of the town's people who want to halt the never ending influx of illegals. Trying to assuage his sorrow of his wife and child dying, he embarks on a mission that complicates and enriches his life.

An engrossing odyssey into into a man's heart and mind.

I feel compelled to contribute a few comments after reading the vitriolic Kirkus review that is the only available information about the book at this site. I found the book to be fascinating: the journey of a priviledged man who finds his life suddenly turned upside-down, an odyssey that takes him to the Mexican border and into the lives of some of the impoverished and desperate characters that he finds there. The imagery is rich and dark, and has dashes of surreal humor, and the main character is sympathetic and appealling, but weak and conflicted enough to be interesting. I would recommend this book to fans of Joseph Conrad and Graham Greene.