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    <body><![CDATA[So many of us fancy ourselves to be good judges of character, and as often as not we're wrong.  Never have I been so aware of it as after reading this book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book, the writing is beautiful, you really feel the emotions coming from the page. I haven't seen the movie but plan to soon. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A riveting story told by Colonel Augustin Rejas to a foreign correspondent, John Dyer, of his investigation and capture of a Peruvian guerrilla leader.<br/><br/>Dyer was pursuing a different man for an interview when by chance, he met Colonel Rejas.  Just like Dyer, I was completely sucked in by t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38600327">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[brilliant story based on true events in Peru in the 80s when Guerilla terrorism was taking over the country. Amazing immersion into South American flavour]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[beautifully written, touching story of the desperation of love.]]></body>
    
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