The Geneva option
Subtitle: a Yael Azoulay novel
By: Adam LeBor
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780062208569; 9780062208552
Subjects: Officials and employees; Warlordism and international relations; United Nations; Employees; Fiction
Description: Yael Azoulay does the United Nations' dirty work by cutting deals that most of us never hear about. Equally at home in the caves of Afghanistan, the slums of Gaza, or corporate boardrooms all across the world, Yael believes the ends justify the means, until she's pushed way beyond her breaking point. When Yael is assigned to eastern Congo to negotiate with Jean-Pierre Hakizimani, a Hutu warlord wanted for genocide, she offers him a generous plea bargain. Thanks to Congo's abundance of a valuable mineral used in computer and cell phone production, her number one priority is maintaining regional stability. But when she discovers that Hakizimani is linked to the death of the person she loved the most and that the UN is prepared to sanction mass murder, Yael soon realizes that salvation means not just saving others' lives but confronting her own inner demons.
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