Books by Peter Mountford
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review 1: This one has to sit for a bit for me to really know how much I liked it. The walk-off image was grand, in any case, and I had a nice excuse to buy a bottle of pisco and try my hand at making saltenas for book club. The Bolivian history and depiction of the culture was wonderful. ...
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review 1: I read this book in early summer or fall of about 2012. I recall it was a time when Chessie could go for long walks in the neighborhood and I often carried a book with me to read while she mosied along and sniffed every tree and leaf. She was old enough that I indulged her pleasu...
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review 1: How does Mountford make a middle-aged economist so riveting? He starts with beautiful women and exotic locations, interactions with the well-known personage of Paul Wolfowitz and insider stories about the World Bank. But it’s the human conflicts in Vincenzo’s life that make this ...