The Toll
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- Synopsis
- The Toll is set in Morocco, a country of spectacular physical beauty and frequently ugly and brutal living conditions. In an atmosphere of uneasiness after an attempted coup, Ted Kuyler, an ex-Marine and veteran of several ambiguous wars, is hired by a group of young Americans who need help. A friend has just gotten a long jail sentence for possession of an illegal weapon, and they want him freed. Because Ted is lonely, financially desperate, and prematurely apprehensive about his age, he accepts the job and one girl's offer of love. But soon the group are as much in conflict with one another as with the Moroccan authorities, and they become involved in bribery, deceit, betrayal, and murder, with each step taking them farther along a narrow path from which there is no turning back. As the book carries the reader, as well as the characters, toward its climax, they experience together a shattering insight into the self-delusion and disaster that often undermine any attempt to impose individual concepts of justice and freedom upon others.
- Copyright:
- 1973
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 332 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780394487311
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 02/03/05
- Copyrighted By:
- Michael Mewshaw
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Military, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Kelly Ford
- Proofread By:
- Kelly Ford
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.