Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World | Part I, Chapter 1 Summary and Analysis

Summary
Chapter 1 introduces Paul Farmer and describes author Tracy Kidder's first encounter with Farmer. Kidder had come to Haiti as a reporter to cover the actions of American soldiers there. It was just before Christmas in 1994 when Kidder observed Farmer arguing with Captain Carroll, one of the American soldiers. The assistant mayor of the Haitian town of Mirebalais had been killed—beheaded, in fact—and Carroll had taken the main suspect (Nerva Juste, a sheriff) into custody. They had not been able to find proof or testimony that Juste had done the killing,...

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