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High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
Hachette Books
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The perfect follow-up to Krakauer's riveting account of a perfect storm. --Miami Herald "Kodas's absorbing description of the narrow moral compass governing human interaction at the top of the world is bound to shock both armchair adventurers and seasoned mountaineers." --Chicago Tribune "(Kodas) discovered more deceit, thievery, and double-crossing among his climbers than you find in a Martin Scorsese gangster film. High Crimes is both an adventure story and an expos of a sport riddled with danger and corruption." --Washington Post Book World "Kodas's descriptions of the struggles confronting even the best-prepared climbers leave the reader breathless." --Dallas Morning News "[High Crimes] is hair-raising and lays bare the excitement and fear that face great explorers at the top of the world. . . . Well written, and as deftly plotted as the finest mystery novel, Kodas brings to life a disturbing picture of society at high altitude." --Austin Chronicle "Kodas does an excellent job exposing the ways in which money and ego have corrupted the traditional cultures of both mountaineers and their Sherpa guides. . . . His narrative is as hard to turn away from as a slow-motion train wreck." --Publishers Weekly High Crimes is journalist Michael Kodas's gripping account of life on top of the world--where man is every bit as deadly as Mother Nature.
- | Author: Michael Kodas
- | Publisher: Hachette Books
- | Publication Date: May 05, 2009
- | Number of Pages: 384 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1401309844
- | ISBN-13: 9781401309848
- Author:
- Michael Kodas
- Publisher:
- Hachette Books
- Publication Date:
- May 05, 2009
- Number of pages:
- 384 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1401309844
- ISBN-13:
- 9781401309848