Checkpoint

Description

The four men who accompany Maud on the convoy are very different from any cliched idea of humanitarian volunteers. One by one, they reveal the secret wounds that have brought them to this conflict zone and the true nature of their cargo will slowly be uncovered. Prize-winning author Jean-Christophe Rufin offers up a powerful psychological thriller that asks some vital questions about the role of humanitarian action in today's world, bringing to light the most fundamental dilemmas of our age.

Jean-Christophe Rufin is one of the founders of Doctors Without Borders and a former Ambassador of France in Senegal. He has written numerous bestsellers, including The Abyssian, for which he won the Goncourt Prize for a debut novel in 1997. He also won the Goncourt prize in 2001 for Brazil Red.

Praise for Checkpoint and Jean-Christophe Rufin "This mix of well-crafted characters, psychological suspense, and the harsh realities of life in wartime results in a nail-biting, challenging literary thriller. A novel of war that asks hard questions about what decency demands of us as human beings." --Kirkus Reviews "Jean-Christophe Rufin knows how to tell a story. His characters' lives dramatize big questions about what it means to be alive and to act." --France Info "Subtle and enthralling." --Elle (France) "Jean-Christophe Rufin has written an adventure book...The success of this great novel lies in its suspense and in the meticulous psychology of its protagonists." --Le Nouvel Observateur "Rufin's The Red Collar is perfectly paced, darkly humorous and an excellent window into the turmoil and emerging politics of postwar France." --San Francisco Chronicle "The Red Collar is a modern parable about loyalty to others, fidelity to one's convictions, and the self-effacement needed to bear the consequences of living by one's belief." --New York Journal of Books Praise for "Checkpoint" and Jean-Christophe Rufin "Jean-Christophe Rufin knows how to tell a story. His characters' lives dramatize big questions about what it means to be alive and to act." "France Info ""Subtle and enthralling." "Elle (France)" "Jean-Christophe Rufin has written an adventure book...The success of this great novel lies in its suspense and in the meticulous psychology of its protagonists." "Le Nouvel Observateur ""Rufin's "The Red Collar" is perfectly paced, darkly humorous and an excellent window into the turmoil and emerging politics of postwar France." "San Francisco Chronicle" ""The Red Collar" is a modern parable about loyalty to others, fidelity to one's convictions, and the self-effacement needed to bear the consequences of living by one's belief." "New York Journal of Books""