The Adventures of Juan Planchard

By Jonathan Jakubowicz

About The Adventures of Juan Planchard

Jonathan Jakubowicz's novel follows Juan Planchard through a world of Venezuelan corruption, ambition, and compromised loyalties. Its fictional perspective puts an individual inside the incentives and temptations of a corrupt system, offering a literary companion to this section's investigations.

Why I include it

I include this novel as a change of perspective alongside the nonfiction. It asks what corruption looks like from inside a life shaped by it.

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Corruption & Global Finance

A fictional counterpoint set amid Venezuelan corruption. It is an actual Elliot Ackerman Book Club selection, not a nonfiction account.

What to look for while reading

Which evidence supports the author's argument, and how does this account change the questions you bring to the other books in this section?

Perspective & context

I bring these books together to compare perspectives and develop judgment. No single author has the final word.

Key themes

Corruption & Global Finance

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Praise & Reviews

“Sexy, smart, violent, this book is spectacular. It doesn’t let up. A total killer.”
— Elliot Ackerman

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