One of my pandemic silver linings has been re-establishing a regular reading habit. I plan on recapping my reading in these short overviews, with quick summary information and quotes for anyone looking for their next book.

Published: 1986

Read: February 2021

Publisher Summary: “Set in Nicaragua in 1984, The Stars at Noon is a story of passion, fear, and betrayal told in the voice of an American woman whose mission in Central America is as shadowy as her surroundings.”

Genre: Literature

Rating: 6/10

Opening Line: The air was getting thick — if you like calling a garotte of diesel and greasy dirt “air” — and so before the burning rain began I stepped into the McDonald’s.