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Name: A flag for sunrise
Author: Robert Stone

Set against a backdrop of political upheaval, the novel follows diverse figures—a priest, a nun, an anthropologist with CIA ties, a soldier of fortune, and a group of contraband runners—who find themselves drawn together in a Central American nation teetering on the edge of revolution. Their intersecting paths illuminate the complex interplay of faith, intrigue, and human ambition during a turbulent epoch.

First publish date: 1981

Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction

Authors: Robert Stone

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