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The 33 (Now a major motion picture - previously titled Deep Down Dark)

ebook / ISBN-13: 9781444755435

Price: £8.99

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIETTE BINOCHE AND ANTONIO BANDERAS

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST


‘Riveting …The best book I’ve read all year.’ Ann Patchett

‘An astonishing tale of survival’ Spectator

THE STORY THAT GRIPPED THE GLOBE

August 2010: the San Jose mine in Chile collapses trapping 33 men half a mile underground for 69 days.
Faced with the possibility of starvation and even death, the miners make a pact: if they survive, they will only share their story collectively, as ‘the 33’.
1 billion people watch the international rescue mission.
Somehow, all 33 men make it out alive, in one of the most daring and dramatic rescue efforts even seen.
Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Héctor Tobar is the man they choose to tell their story.

‘ An eloquent testament to the human spirit’ The Times

‘A masterful account of exile and human longing, of triumph in the face of all odds.’
Los Angeles Times


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. . . an eloquent testament to the human spirit.
The Times
A gripping narrative, taut to the point of explosion . . . An electrifying, empathetic work of journalism that makes a four-year-old story feel fresh.
Kirkus
A masterful account of exile and human longing, of triumph in the face of all odds.
Los Angeles Times
An astonishing tale of survival.
Spectator
Riveting . . . The best book I've read all year
Ann Patchett
Riveting . . . Tobar vividly narrates the miners' lives post-rescue as they come to terms with their life-changing experience and the media frenzy surrounding it. Rich in local color, this is a sensitive, suspenseful rendering of a legendary story.
Publishers Weekly, Most Anticipated Books of 2014
Tobar plunges the reader into this world of uncertainty with visceral, present-tense prose and careful pacing . . . Whether the story is completely new to you, or if you were one of the millions glued to the news reports and wondering, will they make it-physically, emotionally, spiritually-you'll be greatly rewarded to learn how they did.
New York Times Book Review
An account that brims with emotion and strength.
USA Today
His narrative cracks along at a suitably breathless pace... you're unlikely to find a more exciting account.
Daily Mail
Chiseled, brooding . . . As Tobar works his way through each miner's recovery, the TV headlines recede from our memory, and a more delicate series of portraits emerges.
The Washington Post