{"product_id":"dead-man-in-paradise-j-b-mackinnon-9781595581815","title":"Dead Man in Paradise: Unraveling a Murder from a Time of Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt nightfall on June 22, 1965, amid the turmoil of the Dominican revolution and U.S. military occupation, a soldier emerged from the outskirts of a small town to report that he had just shot and killed two policemen and an outspoken Catholic priest. It's the opening scene in a mystery that, forty years later, compels writer J.B. MacKinnon--the priest's nephew, born five years after the incident--to visit the island nation for himself. Beginning with scant official information, he embarks on a chilling investigation of what many believe was a carefully plotted assassination--and on a search for the uncle he never knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of Canada's highest award for literary nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eDead Man in Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e takes MacKinnon to corners of the country far from the Caribbean paradise seen by millions of tourists; he meets with former revolutionaries and shadowy generals from the era of dictatorship, family members of the slain policemen, and struggling Dominicans for whom the dead priest is a martyr, perhaps even a saint. Along the way, he uncovers a story inseparable from the brutal history of the New World, from the fallout of American invasion, and from the pure longing for social justice that once touched a generation. Part memoir, part travelogue, part mystery thriller, \u003ci\u003eDead Man in Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a testament to the enduring virtues of literary journalism\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Georgia Straight\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. B. MacKinnon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595581812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595581815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.90w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/23\/2007 pg. 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2007 pg. 772\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"J. B. MacKinnon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46372423500031,"sku":"9781595581815","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_92153d3b-5fa4-4bab-b777-924eb1916ec5.jpg?v=1732725902","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dead-man-in-paradise-j-b-mackinnon-9781595581815","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}