{"product_id":"gods-favorite-9781416562474","title":"God's Favorite","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawn from a historical record more dramatic than even the most artful spy novel, \u003ci\u003eGod's Favorite\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9\/11, \u003c\/i\u003e he lives in Austin, Texas\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334649843986,"sku":"9781416562474","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_66316434-95f5-432c-8039-8b1e82c4631c.jpg?v=1727892708","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gods-favorite-9781416562474","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}