Mamista - by Len Deighton (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

"You will be hooked from the first chapter and enjoy every line... a superb novel."--Sunday Express

The Berlin Wall has fallen. Marx is dead. Try telling that to Ramón and his desperate men hiding in the jungle, cradling their AK-47s, dusting off the Semtex, and still dreaming of world revolution.

MAMista takes us from the back corridors of American power in Washington, where oil and arms deals dictate who lives and who dies, to the violent capital of Spanish Guiana before plunging deep into the rainforest. There, a young American idealist, an Australian doctor, and a hardened revolutionary find themselves caught up in a guerrilla march from which not all of them will return.

No one's motives are clean. No one's loyalty is certain. Will the revolution devour its own, or will the CIA get there first?

Review Quotes

"Deighton's longest, most complex and passionate novel in years: an epic tale, set in a South American jungle, of good men and women crushed beneath the heel of Realpolitik... A new, brilliantly realized huge cast of characters... The spirits of Graham Greene and Joseph Conrad hover over this stately, outstanding mix of tragedy and black farce that builds slowly--but inexorably--to its piercing conclusion."--Kirkus Reviews, 1991

About the Author

LEN DEIGHTON (1929-2026) was one of Britain's preeminent thriller writers, considered a defining voice of the genre alongside John Le Carré and Graham Greene. Known for his wit and his scrupulous research, Deighton wrote more than thirty books ranging from espionage, historical, and dystopian alternative fiction to brilliant nonfiction on the Second World War. Never out of print, with over 30 million copies sold and multiple adaptations for film and TV, his books have left an enduring mark on global culture, influencing everything from Motörhead to Quentin Tarantino.