In Search of Captain Zero

In Search of Captain ZeroBy: Allan Weisbecker In 1996, Allan Weisbecker sold his home and his possessions, loaded his dog and surfboards into his truck, and set off in search of his long time surfing companion, Patrick, who had vanished into the depths of Central America. In this rollicking memoir of his quest from Mexico to Costa Rica to unravel the circumstances of Patrick's disappearance, Weisbecker intimately describes the people he befriended, the bandits he evaded, the

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Patryk and his friends entertain themselves by coming up with dares — some more harmful than others — until the Germans drop a bomb on the schoolhouse and the Great War comes crashing in

human touch to his commentary

While vividly and movingly conveying the passions and struggles that shaped the character of Dublin

Although the ranks of Tristan’s faithful soldiers were decimated in recent battle

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Or will they be unable to resist pulling him back into the underworld

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Was this a case of rivalry turned lethal

yet I know nothing of life but despair