Djibouti: A Novel Trade paperback - 2010
by Leonard, Elmore
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- Paperback
- first
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- Title Djibouti: A Novel
- Author Leonard, Elmore
- Binding Trade Paperback
- Edition First Thus
- Condition New
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Large Print
- Date 2010
- Large Print Yes
- Features Large Print
- Bookseller's Inventory # 106632
- ISBN 9780062008312 / 0062008315
- Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 1 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Sea stories, Pirates
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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From the rear cover
Elmore Leonard, New York Times bestselling author and "the hippest, funniest national treasure in sight" (Washington Post), brings his trademark wit and inimitable style to this twisting, gripping--and sometimes playful--tale of modern-day piracy
Dara Barr, documentary filmmaker, is at the top of her game. She's covered the rape of Bosnian women, neo-Nazi white supremacists, and post-Katrina New Orleans, and has won awards for all three. Now, looking for a bigger challenge, Dara and her right-hand-man, Xavier LeBo, a six-foot-six, seventy-two-year-old African American seafarer, head to Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, to film modern-day pirates hijacking merchant ships.
They learn soon enough that almost no one in the Middle East is who he seems to be. The most successful pirate, driving his Mercedes around Djibouti, appears to be a good guy, but his pal, a cultured Saudi diplomat, has dubious connections. Billy Wynn, a Texas billionaire, plays mysterious roles as the mood strikes him. He's promised his girlfriend, Helene, a nifty fashion model, that he'll marry her if she doesn't become seasick or bored while circling the world on his yacht. And there's Jama Raisuli, a black al Qaeda terrorist from Miami, who's vowed to blow up something big.
What Dara and Xavier have to decide, besides the best way to stay alive: Should they shoot the action as a documentary or turn it into a Hollywood feature film?