The Fresco

By Sheri S. Tepper,

Book cover of The Fresco

Book description

Benita Alvarez, a downtrodden Hispanic woman, is chosen by alien envoys to be the Intermediary in their bid to get humankind to join an interstellar federation of peaceable races who practise Neighbourliness and strive to live ethical and moral lives. But other alien races have their own plans for the…

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1 author picked The Fresco as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Although this book was written over 20 years ago, the political sattire was right on.

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