''The Vivero Letter'' is a
first-person narrative novel
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written by
English author
Desmond Bagley, and was first published in
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
.
It was also made into a film in 1998
of the same name starring
Robert Patrick
Robert Hammond Patrick (born November 5, 1958) is an American actor. Known for portraying villains and honorable authority figures, he is a Saturn Award winner with four other nominations.
Patrick dropped out of college when drama class sparked ...
,
Fred Ward
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and
Chiara Caselli.
Plot introduction
Jeremy Wheale's brother is murdered by criminals attempting to steal a family heirloom: a 16th-century gold tray. In attempting to find out what was so special about the tray that someone would kill for it, he discovers that it contains a map. Wheale pursues the trail from
Devon, England to
Mexico and finally to the tropical rain forests of the
Yucatán Peninsula, where he joins with two archaeologists to locate a legendary hoard of gold. This hoard comes from Uaxuanoc, the centuries-old lost city of the
Mayas. However,
the Mafia are on the trail of Wheale as well as the Chicleros, a deadly group of convict mercenaries, and Wheale is uncertain that he can even trust his two archaeologist friends.
References
External links
Crime Time review of Desmond Bagley
1968 British novels
Novels by Desmond Bagley
Novels set in Mexico
British novels adapted into films
William Collins, Sons books
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