\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cB\u003eAn Amazon.ca Best Book of 2013: Top 100/Editors' Pick\u003c/B\u003e\u003cBR\u003e\u003cBR\u003e\"Captivating . . . a story of blood, hatred, vengeance, and politics.\"\u0026#151;\u003cB\u003eRadio-Canada\u003c/B\u003e\u003cBR\u003e\u003cBR\u003eAlberto Ventura has travelled to Chile to attend the funeral of his father, Roberto. A man hated and loved both by his family and the local people, Roberto was known in the village as an enigma, a rake, a controversial boss, and a quick-tempered thug. It's said that he has destroyed the family land by mass-farming\u0026#160;eucalyptus trees, and he's known to have killed a local boy in a fit of rage. Yet as Alberto delves into the rumours that obscure his father's death\u0026#151;was it natural causes, vengeance, murder, or self-sacrifice?\u0026#151;he finds the reputation at stake is his own.\u003cBR\u003e\u003cBR\u003eIn a breath-catching story of race and identity, rife with Chile's centuries-old tension between natives and local landowners, Mauricio Segura's\u0026#160;\u003cI\u003eEucalyptus\u003c/I\u003e\u0026#160;investigates the flashpoint of one village community in an expanding world.\u003cBR\u003e\u003cBR\u003e\"Well-executed, with a cinematic quality and keen visual sense \u0026#133; Segura locates the political through the personal in a way that is uncommon.\"\u0026#151;\u003cB\u003eStephen Sparks, Green Apple Books\u003c/B\u003e\u003cBR\u003e\u003cBR\u003e\"A solid novelist of infallible instincts.\"\u0026#151;\u003cB\u003eL'Actualit\u0026#233;\u003c/B\u003e\u003cBR\u003e\u003c/div\u003e
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