Reasons of state
By: by Alejo Carpentier ; translated from the Spanish by Frances Partridge.
Publisher: Gollancz; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 1976
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 311
Description: This novel tells the tale of the dictator of an unnamed Latin American country who has been living the life of luxury in high-society Paris. When news reaches him of a coup at home, he rushes back and crushes it with brutal military force. But returning to Paris he is given a chilly welcome, and learns that photographs of the atrocities have been circulating among his well-to-do friends. Meanwhile World War One has broken out, and another rebellion forces the dictator back across the ocean. As he struggles with the Marxist forces beginning to find footing in his own country, and Europe is devastated.
Notes: Translation of El recurso del método.