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Sounds like an interesting read....
The New York Times > Books > Books of The Times | 'Acts of Faith': For Americans in Sudan, Good Deeds Turn Sour: "Philip Caputo's devastating new novel, 'Acts of Faith,' will be to the era of the Iraq war what Graham Greene's novel 'The Quiet American' became to the Vietnam era: a parable about American excursions abroad and the dangers of missionary zeal, a Conradian tale about idealism run amok, capitalistic greed sold as paternalistic benevolence, ignorance disguised as compassion."...

Set largely in the 1990's at the height of Sudan's civil war, "Acts of Faith" draws upon Mr. Caputo's firsthand knowledge of war (documented in his ferociously observed Vietnam memoir "A Rumor of War") and firsthand reportorial experience of Africa to tell the fictional story of two Americans who have come to Sudan to create new lives for themselves. Their avowed mission is to bring aid to the starving rebels (opposed to the hard-line Islamic government in Khartoum) but their real agenda is more personal and self serving....