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El Espectador weighs in

A little love for the book from El Espectador, my adopted hometown newspaper:
http://elespectador.com/impreso/internacional/articuloimpreso191442-colombia-segun-el-corresponsal-de-time ... << MORE >>

Book review in The Houston Chronicle

Here's a review in the Houston Chronicle, my longtime employer before the newspaper industry meltdown.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6893767.html ... << MORE >>

Uribe: the prez who would be king

Overlooked amid all the news this weekend about the Chilean quake was the high court's decision in Colombia to prevent President Alvaro Uribe from seeking a third term. Here's my take in the Huffington Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-otis/colombias-presidential-ca_b_479568.html ... << MORE >>

Guerrillas, paramilitaries, and political scandals

Here's a discussion about Law of the Jungle and the Colombian guerrilla war at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/4974527 ... << MORE >>

BookPage Review

BookPage calls LOJ a mix of John Huston and Oliver Stone ... << MORE >>

Rip Tide

Miami New Times gives the book some love in a Riptide Q and A
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2010/02/law_of_the_jungle_author_tells.php
... << MORE >>

Jungle C-section

I'm blogging for the Huffington Post about Law of the Jungle and its characters. One of the most stunning is Clara Rojas, a hostage who gave birth to a baby boy while in the jungle.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-otis/making-up-for-lost-time_b_469040.html ... << MORE >>

Guns4Hire

The Bogota news Web site LaSillaVacia.com has a long Q and A about the world of military contractors detailed in Law of the Jungle
http://www.lasillavacia.com/historia/6889 ... << MORE >>

Stranger Than Hollywood

El Sentinel, the Spanish-language newspaper in Ft. Lauderdale, offers its take on Law of the Jungle.
http://southflorida.elsentinel.com/revista/fl-elrev0220libro-20100219,0,2883692,print.story ... << MORE >>

Three Kings meets Saving Private Ryan

The New York Observer's Very Short List, a daily e-mail featuring a single cultural item, today selected Law of the Jungle, which it described as a combo of Three Kings, Saving Private Ryan and Into Thin Air.
http://www.veryshortlist.com/vsl/daily.cfm/review/1478/Book/search-and-rescue/?tp ... << MORE >>

Recent Entries

  1. El Espectador weighs in
    Monday, March 08, 2010
  2. Book review in The Houston Chronicle
    Thursday, March 04, 2010
  3. Uribe: the prez who would be king
    Monday, March 01, 2010
  4. Guerrillas, paramilitaries, and political scandals
    Saturday, February 27, 2010
  5. BookPage Review
    Friday, February 26, 2010
  6. Rip Tide
    Friday, February 26, 2010
  7. Jungle C-section
    Monday, February 22, 2010
  8. Guns4Hire
    Sunday, February 21, 2010
  9. Stranger Than Hollywood
    Sunday, February 21, 2010
  10. Three Kings meets Saving Private Ryan
    Friday, February 19, 2010

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