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      The Observatory

      by John Fraser
      Published
      Oct 2010
      Main Genre
      Literary Literary
      Pages
      220
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      The Observatory is a novel about political commitment and liberation. Set in 1968, it reflects the high season of Guevara in Bolivia, and the attempts to insert a revolutionary 'foco' in places where objective conditions are politically ripe, but where the subjective element, and the most rudimentary organisation, are absent.

      Guerilla intellectuals, loaded with visionary enthusiasm, arrive like space travellers, igniting the revolutionary straw and engaging armies, but too respectful to damage the traditions and culture of those who are to be liberated ...

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      General Fiction

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      Literary

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      Political

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      Jan 2014 Createspace ISBN 1494890658
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      Oct 2010 Martin Noble Editorial ISBN 0956140912
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      Jan 2014 Aesop Publications ISBN B00HQTG4MQ
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