MAMista
By Len Deighton
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Deep in Marxist Guerilla territory a hopeless war is being fought.
The Berlin Wall is demolished. Marx is dead. Try telling that to Ramon and his desperate men hiding in the jungle cradling their AK 47s, dusting off the slabs of Semtex and dreaming of world revolution.
MAMista takes us to the dusty, violent capital of Spanish Guiana in South America, and thence into the depths of the rain forest; the heart of darkness itself. There, four people become caught up in a struggle both political and personal, a struggle corrupted by ironies and deceits, and riddled with the accidents of war. They are four people who never should have found themselves bound together in a mission for revolution, which may be the sentence of death.
Never has Deighton portrayed so accurately the terror and the tedium of war, or the shifting alliances and betrayals between people who have nothing to lose but their lives.
This reissue includes a foreword from the cover designer, Oscar-winning filmmaker Arnold Schwartzman, and an introduction by Len Deighton, which offers a fascinating insight into the writing of the story.
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Reviews for MAMista
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Set in Spanish Guiana 'MAMista' is about a group of Marxist revolutionaries who have grand dreams of overthrowing the capitalist government. The story centres around Ralph Lucas who is sent to Guiana from his foundation in Australia to determine what type of medical aid to provide to the marxist guerrillas fighting the government. Amongst this there is Angel Paz the American academic marxist and a CIA operative undercover in an oil company who is kidnapped by the MAMistas and the need to collect a ransom culminating in a march through the jungle.Not in the same league as XPD but still a decent book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5unlikely plot but interesting characters and one wants to read on - a gentle pace, not so compelling as his earlier work