Like this afternoon forever / a novel by Jaime Manrique.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manrique, Jaime, 1949- author.

Contributor:

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug traffic.

Refugees.

Gay clergy.

Colombia--Fiction.

Colombia.

Gay clergy--Fiction.

Refugees--Colombia--Fiction.

Drug traffic--Colombia--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Novels.

Physical Description:

219 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, New York : Kaylie Jones Books, an imprint of Akashic Books, [2019]

Summary:

"For the last fifty years, the Colombian drug cartels, various insurgent groups, and the government have fought over the control of the drug traffic, in the process destroying vast stretches of the Amazon, devastating Indian communities, and killing tens of thousands of homesteaders caught in the middle of the conflict. Inspired by these events, Jaime Manrique's sixth novel, Like This Afternoon Forever, weaves in two narratives: the shocking story of a series of murders known internationally as "the false positives," and the related story of two gay Catholic priests who become lovers when they meet in the seminary. Lucas (the son of farmers) and Ignacio (a descendant of the Baru indigenous people) enter the seminary out of a desire to help others and to get an education. Their visceral love story undergoes stages of passion, indifference, rage, and a final commitment to stay together until the end of their lives. Working in a community largely composed of people displaced by the war, Ignacio stumbles upon the horrifying story of the false positives, which will put the lives of the two men in grave danger.." --Provided by publisher.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781617757181

1617757187

9781617757150

1617757152

OCLC:

1091644635