In 1938, two rival expeditions descend on an ancient temple recently discovered in the jungles of Honduras, one intending to shoot a huge Hollywood production on location there, the other to disassemble the temple and ship it back to New York. A seemingly endless stalemate ensues. Twenty years later, a rogue CIA agent sets out to exploit the temple for his own ends, unaware that it is a locus of conspiracies far grander than anyone could ever have guessed. Shot through with intrigue, ingenuity, and adventure, and showcasing Beauman’s riotous humor, spectacular imagination, and riveting prose, Madness Is Better Than Defeat is a novel without parallel: inventive, anarchic, and delightfully insane.
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“Narrator Eric Meyers delivers an upbeat, nuanced narration—even with his tongue planted firmly in cheek…Meyers adds zing to the clever dialogue and turns Beauman’s outrageous situations into giggles and belly laughs. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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