DIVERTING THE BUDDHA a new political thriller about the trashing of democracy. "It is a highly recommended political thriller, a driving, powerful, entertaining novel.” Midwest Book Review
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Thrinh Hong is this novel’s reluctant heroine. She is a freshman at university, the daughter of an esteemed professor, an accomplished artist and a member of the tens of thousands, in 1966, who struggled for democracy in Vietnam. In the end, Hong learns that American backed security police, who are crushing the Buddhist lead democracy movement, intend to seize her. After much agonizing, she decides she must put down her pen and take up arms. In the end, she decides she must join the National Liberation Front in its ongoing battle for liberty and democracy.
Two Thumbs Up From Down Under
new"A novel that looks at a gentle culture that found itself under attack. Being able to understand a complex foreign culture is not an easy task. Yet Diverting the Buddha makes this task very easy. It is a credit to the author’s knowledge and skill." Boggle Books Australia