The Hot Country: A Christopher Marlowe Cobb Thriller

by Robert Olen Butler

Book Overview

"The Hot Country" is an epic tale of war, love, and espionage. Christopher Marlowe Cobb is an American newspaper war correspondent who travels to Mexico in 1914 to report on the country s civil war, the invasion of Vera Cruz, and the controversial presidency of Victoriano Huerta, El Chacal (The Jackal). Covering the war in enemy territory and sweltering heat, Cobb falls in love with Luisa, a beautiful Mexican laundress, who is not as innocent as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802121543
• ISBN13: 9780802121547
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Mysterious Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.2"