Madness Is Better Than Defeat by Ned Beauman

Madness Is Better Than Defeat

Ned Beauman

416 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous reflective medium-paced

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In 1938, two rival expeditions descend on an ancient temple recently discovered in the jungles of Honduras, one intending to shoot a huge Hollywood production on location there, the other to disassemble the temple and ship it back to New York. A s...

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adventurous 100%
dark 50%
funny 50%
mysterious 50%

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