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The Eagle's ThroneCarlos Fuentes

The Eagle's Throne

2006352 pages
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"In the near future, at a meeting of the United States Security Council, Mexico's idealistic president has dared to vote against the U.S. occupation of Colombia and Washington's refusal to pay OPEC prices for oil. Retaliation is swift. Concocting a 'glitch' in a Florida satellite, America's president cuts off Mexico's communications systems--no phones, faxes, or e-mails--and plunges the country into an administrative nightmare of colossal proportions. Now, despite the motto that 'a Mexican politician never puts anything into writing, ' people have no choice but to communicate through letters,…

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Editions

4 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2007
    Random House Trade Paperbacks · 352 pages · 9780812972559
  • Hardcover · English · 2006
    Random House · 352 pages · 9781400062478
  • Other · English · 2007
    Bloomsbury · 9780747579373
  • Other · English · 2006
    Bloomsbury · 310 pages · 9780747577690
FictionForeign relationsPolitics and governmentPower (Social sciences)HistoryMexico, fictionFiction, action & adventureFiction, political