Canal Dreams
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About the book:
Hisako Onoda, world famous cellist, refuses to fly. And so she travels to Europe as a passenger on a tanker bound through the Panama Canal. But Panama is a country whose politics are as volatile as the local freedom fighters. When Hisako's ship is captured, it is not long before the atmosphere is as flammable as an oxy-acetylene torch, and the tension as sharp as the spike on her cello…
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Reviews:
- 'Apocalyptic is the first word that springs to mind to describe this violent and powerful novel in which Banks once again demonstrates his extraordinary dark powers of imagination ... impressive.' The Times
More information:
- Abacus paperback
[ISBN 978-0349101712 | published July 1990] - Littlebrown Hardback
[ISBN 978-0316858571 | re-published July 2001]
