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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In this fascinating work of historical fiction, Pulitzer Prize -- winning author Lawrence Wright captures all the gripping drama and black humor of Panama during the final, nerve-racking days of its legendary dictator, Manuel Antonio Noriega. <p/> It is Christmas 1989, and Tony Noriega's demons are finally beginning to catch up with him. A former friend of President Bush, Fidel Castro, and Oliver North, this universally reviled strongman is on the run from the U.S. Congress, the Justice Department, the Colombian mob, and a host of political rivals. In his desperation, he seeks salvation from any and all quarters -- God, Satan, a voodoo priest, even the spirits of his murdered enemies. But with a million-dollar price on his head and 20,000 American soldiers on his trail, Noriega is fast running out of options. <p/> Drawn from a historical record more dramatic than even the most artful spy novel, <i>God's Favorite</i> is a riveting and darkly comic fictional account of the events that occurred in Panama from 1985 to the dictator's capture in 1989. With an award-winning journalist's eye for detail, Lawrence Wright leads the reader toward a dramatic face-off in the Vatican embassy, where Noriega confronts his psychological match in the papal nuncio.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>[An] edge-of-your-seat, often darkly comic tale....This artfully crafted novel of political intrigue...crackles with authenticity, offering a telling insight into recent history. <p/> -- <i>Publishers Weekly</i><br><br>A deliriously weird portrait of General Manuel Antonio Noriega...[as] both crazed and oddly sympathetic, a kind of Central American Tony Soprano. <p/> -- <i>The New Yorker</i><br><br>Brilliantly fictionalizes Noriega's fall from grace. <p/> -- <i>Texas Monthly</i><br><br>Savvy and bleakly comic....A vigorous full-dress satiric farce that neatly skewers the self-righteous mendacity of all the Americas, ours very much included. The wittiest political novel we've seen in some time. <p/> -- <i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br><br>Wright is a gifted journalist who paints his characters in vivid pictures with just the right details for each. <p/> -- Lawrence R. Collins Jr., <i>Houston Chronicle</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Lawrence Wright</b> is a staff writer for <i>The New Yorker</i> and a fellow at the Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law. The author of six works of nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning <i>The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, </i> he lives in Austin, Texas

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