# The Banana Wars - Hardcover

by **Alan Grostephan** (Author)

**Winner of the Dzanc Prize  
for Fiction**

  
Urabá, Colombia, 1990: A violent strike at plantations  
across the banana zone leads to crops in flames, managers murdered, and the local  
economy teetering on the brink. In retaliation, the banana producers finance  
right-wing paramilitaries to cleanse the zone of guerrillas and their supposed  
collaborators.

  
Through the intertwined lives of four  
characters--a banana worker making a play for power in the guerrillas, a  
decadent Colombian banana planter who runs his business from the safety of  
Medellín, a widow in Urabá struggling to stay on the right side of the local  
paramilitaries, and an American banana executive wading ever deeper into  
troubled waters--_The Banana Wars_ charts  
the struggle to survive in impossible conditions, in a place where no one is to  
be trusted and one false move can lead to death.

  
Starkly drawn from the true history of Urabá and  
this period of conflict, including the unseen role of US corporate interests,  
celebrated author Alan Grostephan's latest is an incandescent historical novel  
for fans of Jesmyn Ward, Roberto Bolaño, and Fernanda Melchor.

**Number of Pages:** 280

**Dimensions:** 1.1 x 8.6 x 5.6 IN

**Publication Date:** May 14, 2024

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