Acts of Faith

Philip Caputo s tragic and epically ambitious new novel is set in Sudan, where war is a permanent condition Into this desolate theater come aid workers, missionaries, and mercenaries of conscience whose courage and idealism sometimes coexist with treacherous moral blindness There s the entrepreneurial American pilot who goes from flying food and medicine to smuggling arms, the Kenyan aid worker who can t help seeing the tawdry underside of his enterprise, and the evangelical Christian who comes to Sudan to redeem slaves and falls in love with a charismatic rebel commander As their fates intersect and our understanding of their characters deepens, it becomes apparent that Acts of Faith is one of those rare novels that combine high moral seriousness with irresistible narrative wizardry. New Read Acts of Faith Author Philip Caputo For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr It pains me to give a ho hum review to a novel that was clearly so dear to the heart of the author Acts of Faith must ve been a labor of love for Philip Caputosadly, what mostly is conveyed is the labor and not the love at least to this reader I ve never read a book so exasperating to readoften I was riveted AND bored at the same time The core story is quite interesting The world of humanitarian aid to Sudan during wartime and famine as told by several different characters behind It pains me to give a ho hum review to a novel that was clearly so dear to the heart of the author Acts of Faith must ve been a labor of love for Philip Caputosadly, what mostly is conveyed is the labor and not the love at least to this re...The compactness of this paperback format is deceptive this book has an epic plot spanning years of political turmoil, an expansive cast that repeatedly sends you to the front of the book to refer back to the dramatis personae, and sometimes, just way too much going on.Nonetheless, Caputo just barely manages this huge effort a bunch of people jockey for contracts to fly relief aid to the Sudan Whether it s profiteering or not is a theme so is the benevolent pater...This book was a disappointment overall Give it a 2.5 I almost gave it a 3 but I don t know if I can say I liked it It was sort of a love hate relationship I wanted to read it because of the Sudan setting which I wanted to learnabout I know it was well researched I did learn quite a bit about the struggles there and in other parts of Africa However, partway through it startd to deteriorate into a soap opera The characters were colorful and interesting as one might expect in Africa This book was a disappointment overall Give it a 2.5 I almost gave it a 3 but I don t know if I can say I liked it It was sort of a love hate relationship I wanted to read it because of the Sudan setting which I wanted to learnabout I know it was well researched I did learn quite a bit about the struggles there and in other parts of Africa However, partway through it startd to deterior...This long but rewarding book is not particularly well written, but it s a compelling story or set of stories , with complex characters dealing with a set of important issues Most of the main characters are involved in providing aid to Sudan, plus two characters directly involved in the conflict, one a Muslim tribal headman who fights on the side of the government, and a nominally Christian rebel leader All of the characters act out of some kind of faith, even if it s a secular faith Most are This long but rewarding book is not particularly well written, but it s a compelling story or set of stories , with complex characters dealing with a set of important issues Most of the main characters are involved in providing aid to Sudan, plus two characters directly involved in the conflict, one a Muslim tribal headman who fights on the side of the government, and a nominally Christian rebel leader All of the characters act out of some kind of faith, even if it s a secular faith Most are unequivocally convinced ...Do you suppose war to be here what wars are elsewhere Do you suppose that it is an event, with a discrete beginning that will proceed to a discrete middle und so weiter on to a discrete end No It is a condition of life, like drought There is war in Sudan because there is war Like Vietnam Douglas murmured We re here because we re here because we re here Manfred s gaze passed from the American s face to his boots, then back up again I have no idea what you are talking about ___ Do you suppose w...This is a great book to read in conjunction with Eggers What is the What Both are set in Sudan and both focus on the conflict between the Sudan s Muslim Arab population and its southern black population While Eggers book focuses on the refugees of the conflict, Caputo in Acts of Faith spends most of his time telling the stories of aid workers who help the tribes in southern Sudan With the current conflict in Darfur, this is an excellent book to read to learnabout the country and This is a great book to read in conjunction with Eggers What is the What Both are set in Sudan and both focus on the conflict between the Sudan s Muslim Arab population and its southern black population While Eggers book focuses on the refugees of the conflict, Caputo in Acts of Faith spends most of his time telling the stories of aid workers who help the tribes in southern Sudan With the current conflict in Darfur, this is an excellent book to read to learnabout t...By editing out approximately half of this book, one could discover a novel worthy of comparison to Graham Greene.At nearly 700 pages, this novel is a hefty read But it s worth the effort for the rich characters and the musing on the outcome of deeply held convictions the faith of the title , be they religious, altruistic, or romantic The author turns too often to odd couple romantic pairings, but I was willing to forgive the overuse of this plot device because I found the characters so interesting This book covers, in graphic detail, war in the Sudan, including the aftermath of bombings, hand to hand At nearly 700 pages, this novel is a hefty read But it s worth the effort for the rich characters and the musing on the outcome of deeply held convictions the faith of the title , be they religious, altruistic, or romantic The author turns too often to odd couple romantic pairings, but I was willing to forgive the overuse of this plot device because I found the characters so interesting This book covers, in graphic detail, war in the Sudan, including the aftermath of bombings, hand to hand combat scenes, and, with perhapsdetail than was necessary, the inner workings of an airline involved in aid flights The flawed character...This is a sweeping masterwork in which Africa is the central character The characters include a mixed race, UN bureaucrat, a ladies man, who falls in love with the much older, white, wealthy, colonial woman, an American entrepreneur, a daredevil pilot who seeks to earn his fortune and transport supplies to the neediest and least served in Sudan, a young American missionary who falls in love with and ultimately marries a tribal leader, a corrupt local businessman Africa, in this accounting, is This is a sweeping masterwork in which Africa is the central character The characters include a mixed race, UN bureaucrat, a ladies man, who falls in love with the much older, white, wealthy, colonial woman, an American entrepreneur, a daredevil pilot who seeks to earn his fortune and transport supplies to the neediest and least served in Sudan, a young American missionary who falls in love with and ultimately marries a tribal leader, a corrupt local businessman Africa, in this accounting, is about what is necessary Ideals are soon left in the dust of necessity There are other characters aplenty, including an Arab chieftan, a Vietnam Vet flyer and an adventurous aviatrix It will make a major motion picture some day This is an adult...Gave up on this book after about 200 pages Would have loved to readif I could stand the writing at its best, it is a powerful exploration of the moral ambiguities surrounding the West s role in the Sudan But the message gets bogged...

• English
• 22 April 2017
Philip Caputo
• Paperback
• 688 pages
• 0375725970
• Philip Caputo
• Acts of Faith