Book Club: When We Sold God's Eye by Alex Cuadros
Schedule
Sun, 18 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
613 Harvest Glen Dr, Richardson, TX 75081-5643, United States | Richardson, TX
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Join us for a potluck supper followed by a discussion of the gripping true tale of diamonds, murder and a clash of worlds in the Amazon. Everyone is welcome even if you haven't had a chance to read the book. Synopsis:
Based on six years of immersive reporting and research, 'When We Sold God’s Eye' tells a unique kind of adventure story, one that begins with a river journey by Theodore Roosevelt and ends with smugglers from New York City’s Diamond District. It’s a story of survival against all odds; of the temptations of wealth and the dream of prosperity; of an ecosystem threatened by our hunger for resources; of genocide and revenge. It’s a tragedy as old as the first European encounters with Indigenous people, playing out in the present day. It is the story of the Cinta Larga, a tribe that had no contact with the West until the 1960s and came to run an illegal diamond mine in the Amazon. It is a moving saga of a few audacious individuals—Pio, Maria, Oita, and their friends—and their attempts to adapt and even thrive in the most unlikely circumstances.
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