Rhapsody in a Circle

Rhapsody in a Circle is a post-colonialist literary thriller of love and war set against a backdrop of contemporary political intrigue in Mexico and Pakistan. Bolivar Collins, aka Segovia, who goes by several names, travels from Mexico to Pakistan to teach at a women’s college, a diversion from his actual purpose, which is to use his unusual skill in service of a rogue CIA agent in league with a cartel boss to exchange drugs for arms with the Taliban. The cartel has forced Segovia to comply by holding his family hostage. In the face of human misery and depravity, is it possible for the human spirit to rise above its darkness through literature? Art? Based on actual events and tirelessly researched, Rhapsody in a Circle is a novel of our time.

Marlon L. Fick divides his time between his home in Mexico City and his work in China. The author of four previous books, he is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts award in writing. Books include El Nino de Safo, Histerias Minimas, and Selected Poems. Fick edited and translated the anthology, The River Is Wide/El río es ancho: Twenty Mexican Poets, a Bilingual Anthology.