Author | Jon Cleary |
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Language | English |
Publisher |
Collins (UK) William Morrow (US) |
Publication date | 1971 |
Publication place | Australia |
Mask of the Andes, also known as The Liberators in the US, is a 1971 novel written by Australian author Jon Cleary set in Bolivia, where Cleary spent several weeks. [1]
Cleary says he had been thinking about its themes for over ten years. The result was one of his most critically acclaimed works, [2] with some critics drawing comparison to Graham Greene. [3] In 1975 Cleary said he thought it was his best book to date. [4]
The book did not sell well in Britain, the US or Australia, but was a big seller in Germany and South America. Cleary even received a fan letter from some of Che Guevara's former guerrillas. [5]