Peacekeeping: A Novel

THE DARING, EAGERLY ANTICIPATED SECOND NOVEL BY THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDûNOMINATED AUTHOR OF FIELDWORK Mischa BerlinskiÆs first novel, Fieldwork, was published in 2007 to rave reviewsùHilary Mantel called it ôa quirky, often brilliant debutö and Stephen King said it was ôa story that cooks like a motheröùand it was a finalist for the National Book Award. Now Berlinski returns with Peacekeeping, an equally enthralling story of love, politics, and death in the worldÆs most intriguing country: Haiti. When Terry White, a former deputy sheriff and a failed politician, goes broke in the 2007û2008 financial crisis, he takes a job working for the UN, helping to train the Haitian police. HeÆs sent to the remote town of J?r?mie, where there are more coffin makers than restaurants, more donkeys than cars, and the dirt roads all slope down sooner or later to the postcard sea. Terry is swept up in the townÆs complex politics when he befriends an earnest, reforming American-educated judge. Soon he convinces the judge to oppose the corrupt but charismatic S?nateur Maxim Bayard in an upcoming election. But when Terry falls in love with the judgeÆs wife, the electoral drama threatens to become a disaster. Tense, atmospheric, tightly plotted, and surprisingly funny, Peacekeeping confirms BerlinskiÆs gifts as a storyteller. Like Fieldwork, it explores a part of the world that is as fascinating as it is misunderstoodùand takes us into the depths of the human soul, where the thirst for power and the need for love can overrun judgment and morality.

• | Author: Mischa Berlinski
• | Publisher: Picador
• | Publication Date: Mar 07, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 400 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 1250118042
• | ISBN-13: 9781250118042