At Play In The Fields of the Lord Author:Peter Matthiessen Peter Matthiessen is unique among contemporary writers in his achievement as both naturalist and novelist. Mattiessen has participated in the wilderness expeditions to South America, New Guinea and the Arctic, and produced three notable volumes of nonfiction. One is in the permanent library at the White House. Two were awarded grants by the A... more »merican Academy of Arts and Letters. Far Tortuga is his recent bestselling novel, eagerly anticipated since the success of national Book Award-nominee At Play in the Fields of the Lord, and selected by The New York Times as on the best books of this year.« less
This is one of the best books I have EVER read. Evangelical missionaries go into the jungle to save a savage Indian tribe. The local government is corrupt and there are mercenaries in the mix. I feel like I was there with them!